Why didn't you guys warn me?

I took my dash out today to check the fuel gauge. What a pain in the butt. It works fine and after all of that, the issue turned out to be a broken wire on the sending unit. Now I have to put my dash back together and put the tank back in the car tomorrow lol. If this isnt fun, I dont know what is. But at least i will know how much fuel is in the tank now :D.

-dan

You didn't ask!:eek:

Seems how you know how,would you like to change my dash pad now?:devil:

You didn't ask!:eek:

Seems how you know how,would you like to change my dash pad now?:devil:

lol. sure if you buy the plane ticket.

Im just dreading putting it back in. Deconstruction is easy :rolleyes:.

Ill be like this most of the day tomorrow :confused:. How did..... wait that goes there,.....no.. it goes there............... Oh I KNOW..... here... No thats not it........why do I have so many extra pieces??.................

First time I did a 3rd gen grill was like that,I think I took it apart 3 times before I got it right!:oI'm going to do my interior over the winter months.I'm thinking,seats,dash pad,head liner,and door panels.

Good luck with the winter project. I need to re-cover my front seats and get a new steering wheel. The rest is good enough for me.

Oh, the dash install went in a lot easier then it came out. I actually knew how it went together so it went pretty quick. The best part is, it doesn't rattle anymore! Now I don't have to beat on the dash going down the road because its driving me crazy. I put a sending unit in the gas tank, put the tank back in the car and reassembled and installed the dash all in about 2 hours. I spent 5 hours yesterday taking out the dash, dropping the tank, and finding the issue with the fuel gauge.

-dan

Try dropping a 24 gallon K5 gas tank you 'assumed' was empty, only to find it isnt... :mad:

Tell me about it. I just re did my entire interior on my 74. What a pain in the ***. So many more screws than I thought. The hacksaw was looking pretty inviting when I was trying to figure out the window handle clips.

I had cracked and faded panels all around. I sprayed them with truck bed liner and now they look brand new, and black. WAY better than the beige that was crumbling. The vinyl strengthened everything. The roof carpet is a pain. It's just old particle board that crumbles too. I had to hold cardboard up there with thin metal rods. The carpet is holding now. Just leaving to go pick up another roll. later.

Man,,, I hate to hear about the dash project being so hard... I am planning on changing my dash out to one from a Nova built in Argentina. I'm not really looking forward to the work,, but looking forward for the result..

New dash project:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s137/ioldsnut/mbcarshow052.jpg

It actually wasnt that bad. The only problems I had was unhooking the speedometer cable and the heater vent cable. Just drop the steering column down first or it will be impossible. Then get out the socket set and screwdrivers and go to town.

Hey,,,, Thanks for the tips....... Drop the steering column,,,, got ya....

yeah i tried taking the dash pad out of my 4 door and couldn't figure it out because i have no book. so i gave up and figured I'd try and find something on here.

Guy's,
It's a easy job.
Unhook battery.
Pull the radio.
Unhook dash lights/gauges connector, light switch and wiper switch (these all snap in).
Remove the ground wire.
Unhook speedometer cable (spring clip)
Pull heater controls (3 screws) and let it hang.
Pull the steering wheel.
Remove the shift and turn signal levers (1 screw & 1 pin - drive the shift lever pin out from the bottom).
Remove the plastic trim cover over the bottom of the steering column (if it's even there 2 screws).
Drop the steering column, just don't force it too far down or you will tear the rag joint. This is why you remove the steering wheel and column levers.
Remove the screws and pull the whole bezel/speedometer section out.

If you have ac you need to unhook the vent on the left.
If you have a '68 you have to unhook the ignition too.

Dash pad isn't much more work.
Remove the glove box.
Remove the 2 screws and 5 speed nuts.
Pull the dash pad towards the rear of the car to unhool the spring clips.
The pad has to come back then up to remove it.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b251/Pauls72/72dashpad.jpg

Ioldsnut:
Where did you ever find a dash Like that????
I love the round gauge look!!!!!!!
Someone needs to reproduce those!!!
I'd buy one!:yes::yes::yes:
I even had thought of trying to use a camaro dash at one time.
Sorry guys but the football feild speedo just dont do it for me.

Ioldsnut:
Where did you ever find a dash Like that????
I love the round gauge look!!!!!!!
Someone needs to reproduce those!!!
I'd buy one!:yes::yes::yes:
I even had thought of trying to use a camaro dash at one time.
Sorry guys but the football feild speedo just dont do it for me.

I got it from Martin of Argentina in exchange for one of our dashes. And then I sent it to ioldsnut.

Hey ioldsnut, is that a picture of it installed in your car? Or is that a picture from Martin?

Bobs72nova .... As you can see from a post... 72Orange sold it to me...

72Orange ... No..Thats the pic I took of a car at the Myrtle Beach car show.. Thats how I found out about those dashes... I have been working on mine you sold me. Have it apart now and have been to a speedo place to check it out. So far so good. Just waiting till winter to do the change over. Too buzy right now and going to cruise-ins and car shows. I'll take pics as I go along and send em to you...

Thanks again