02-26-15, 04:24 PM
So this morning I spent 35 minutes trying to install 1 (one) of the screws that hold the lower dash bezel in. I don't believe a hobbit could put them all in. I suppose at the factory these go on before the instrument panel, radio etc.
In my case that stuff needed to be there to be wired and I wasn't taking it out.
After pondering it for a while I came up with a plan and off to the auto parts store I went. I bought some of those plastic push in rivets and altered them.
Cut the head off them. Trimmed them so they fit in the bezel screw hole. then 2 part epoxied them in.
Something is going to give if I have to get them back out but that shouldn't be for a while. Knock on wood.
I had to drop the steering column and loosen the inst cluster but that was way faster than trying to squeeze screws in from the back side.
In my case that stuff needed to be there to be wired and I wasn't taking it out.
After pondering it for a while I came up with a plan and off to the auto parts store I went. I bought some of those plastic push in rivets and altered them.
Cut the head off them. Trimmed them so they fit in the bezel screw hole. then 2 part epoxied them in.
Something is going to give if I have to get them back out but that shouldn't be for a while. Knock on wood.
I had to drop the steering column and loosen the inst cluster but that was way faster than trying to squeeze screws in from the back side.