Gene:
What kind of fastener hardware, including type of head, did you use to
secure the hinge to the panel??
Haven't tried to layout yet, but so far, the items I hope to locate on my
panel are: lights: TBI check engine, low oil pressure warning: switches:
driving, road, docking, floor, and ceiling lights, horn; and gauges: oil,
transmission fluid, and differential temperature, battery meter.
Paul Bartz
From: JDDP32B [mailto:JDDP32B]
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 8:00 PM
Yes the hinge has great support and was very close to a direct fit from the
metal brace at the bottom of the dash to the bottom of the under dash panel.
I agonized for several days about those tabs..... and finally I decided to
cut them off. I have a thumb screw on the right and one one the left of the
new panel and that seems to hold it up tight. We will see when I get it
loaded. The tabs also seem to be in the way of switches I might want to put
up there.
Have you figured out what gauges and where you are going to put them ??
Date: Wednesday, 08-Sep-99 05:28 PM
From: Bartz Paul \ Internet: (s9d3452
)
Gene:
In looking at subject pictures on your web site, I see you've used a piano
hinge, which I like, to secure the bottom of the panel. To the right of the
steering column, on the bottom of the instrument panel, there is a small
channel in which you fit the tab of the under dash panel into. That
requires an upward movement to fit it into place.
I'm assuming you eliminated that feature with your hinge arrangement??
If not, please explain how you accomplished.
What kind of fastener hardware, including type of head, did you use to
secure the hinge to the panel??
Haven't tried to layout yet, but so far, the items I hope to locate on my
panel are: lights: TBI check engine, low oil pressure warning: switches:
driving, road, docking, floor, and ceiling lights, horn; and gauges: oil,
transmission fluid, and differential temperature, battery meter.
Paul Bartz
From: JDDP32B [mailto:JDDP32B]
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 8:00 PM
Yes the hinge has great support and was very close to a direct fit from the
metal brace at the bottom of the dash to the bottom of the under dash panel.
I agonized for several days about those tabs..... and finally I decided to
cut them off. I have a thumb screw on the right and one one the left of the
new panel and that seems to hold it up tight. We will see when I get it
loaded. The tabs also seem to be in the way of switches I might want to put
up there.
Have you figured out what gauges and where you are going to put them ??
Date: Wednesday, 08-Sep-99 05:28 PM
From: Bartz Paul \ Internet: (s9d3452
)
Gene:
In looking at subject pictures on your web site, I see you've used a piano
hinge, which I like, to secure the bottom of the panel. To the right of the
steering column, on the bottom of the instrument panel, there is a small
channel in which you fit the tab of the under dash panel into. That
requires an upward movement to fit it into place.
I'm assuming you eliminated that feature with your hinge arrangement??
If not, please explain how you accomplished.
