dash trim question...

[mhoffman]

The aluminum trim piece on my dash is missing a couple of the mounting pins so I am gluing it back down. It is not clear though if the bottom of the trim piece goes behind the top of the air vents in the center console or, in front of the vents over the top. It could work either way, but I wanted to make it corrent. See the red circled area of the trim piece in the photo.

And as an aside, if anyone has a spare trim piece with all of the mounting pins (pre-'74, LHD) I'd be interested in buying it from you...

Any help would be appreciated.

Best-

 

[rsporsche]

if you don't hear from anybody, i remember Mario L posting that he had one for sale.

i am in the market for a '74> dash trim if anybody has one they would like to part with

thanks
scott

 

[61porsche]

In front. It comes off first.

A better alternative might be two part devcon clear epoxy with some made up pins to replace the missing. But that depends on which area the pins are missing.

It doesn't take much to hold the trim on as it's easily removed.

Or a dab of silicone over the heads of the screws that hold the pad in place.

 

[mhoffman]

thanks '61

I'll give the adhesive a try. I think the vents are a little bit out of alignment- there is a gap between the dash face and top of the vent module on the left side of the console, but not on the right- did not know which was correct.

I am missing three of the pins all on the left side (driver's) of the trim piece- thus probably easiest to just adhesive it in.

Thanks for the input!

 

[jmackro]

I used clear RTV to stick mine back on, even though all the pins were present. I don't think the pins do much, other than to register the location. You don't want an adhesive that's too strong, since you will be removing it at some point down the road.

 

[pmansson]

"you will be removing it sometime in the future"

Well put. This rule goes for a lot of the interior on our darling cars. Just think of the door cards, panel under the steering column, side panels around centre console, rear seats (easy of course) and more.

Changing final drives necessitates speedo change, if one is careful and wants it to show the correct speed. Speedo change is a messy business. Yes, I know it can be taken out downwards, having removed the multi instrument first (left hanging with all its connections). For many perhaps a combined operation with change of speedo cable when a 5-speed box is installed. This calls for the complete cluster removal, and then the "simple" but bitchy job of sticking the multi pin contacts back in, or fitting the seal on the firewall/bulkhead correctly.

Anyway, the Title is very true !!