How to remove upper dash?

[Ryan Wright]

Hi folks,

How do I remove my upper dash panel (the one with the speedometer in
it)? I got the lower one out easily. On the upper, I found a screw
going through from the right side and another holding the panel to a
bracket in the center. The right side & center area is free but the
left won't budge. I'm sure there is a screw there somewhere near the
speedometer but I can't find it. I don't want to force anything and
break it.

Any advice?

-Ryan
'86 PT-40 8V92
Tri-Cities, WA

[Art Weatherly]

Ryan

I did mine a couple of weeks ago. There is a screw on the left side. It's about
the same position as the one on the right side.
But it comes out from the inside. I needed a very long phillips screwdriver and
a flashlightto get it out.I acually
used a 15" 1/4 drive extention with a phillips bit on one end and a handle on
the other. It took several times to "spear"
the center of the screw but it worked.

I got the direction from Ralph Fullenwider.

Art Weatherly
Riveride Ca.
'85 PT36
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Hi folks,

How do I remove my upper dash panel (the one with the speedometer in
it)? I got the lower one out easily. On the upper, I found a screw
going through from the right side and another holding the panel to a
bracket in the center. The right side & center area is free but the
left won't budge. I'm sure there is a screw there somewhere near the
speedometer but I can't find it. I don't want to force anything and
break it.

Any advice?

-Ryan
'86 PT-40 8V92
Tri-Cities, WA




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[Chuck Wheeler]

Behind the top left switch or filler plate is another screw.



- Chuck Wheeler -

82 FC 31 SB

Fort Worth, TX

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Hi folks,

How do I remove my upper dash panel (the one with the speedometer in
it)? I got the lower one out easily. On the upper, I found a screw
going through from the right side and another holding the panel to a
bracket in the center. The right side & center area is free but the
left won't budge. I'm sure there is a screw there somewhere near the
speedometer but I can't find it. I don't want to force anything and
break it.

Any advice?

-Ryan
'86 PT-40 8V92
Tri-Cities, WA





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[Ryan Wright]

Thank you for the responses! Should be easy to finish getting out now
that I know where the screw is hiding.

-Ryan
'86 PT-40 8V92
Tri-Cities, WA

[jim matus]

There is a phillips head screw just above and to the left of the
speedo. Some people have posted that they got it out with a long
phillips screw driver. You will have to do it without being able to
see the screw head. On mine I removed the two nuts from the speedo
mount pulled the speedo out and then could use a 1/4" rachet with a
phillips bit. After I got it out I took my Dremmel Tool and used the
flexable drive to drill the screw hole all the way thru the upper
surround. I then put a slide on type speed clip for a sheet metal
screw on the dash mount ear that has the screw hole in it. when I put
the dash back in I put a longer screw in from the outside and screwed
it into the speed clip. I used a Bluebird screw head cover like the
ones used all around that area. It looks factory and I can pull the
upper dash in a couple of minutes. Jim Matus 84FCSB35 Rescue CA
--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ryan Wright"
wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> How do I remove my upper dash panel (the one with the speedometer in
> it)? I got the lower one out easily. On the upper, I found a screw
> going through from the right side and another holding the panel to a
> bracket in the center. The right side & center area is free but the
> left won't budge. I'm sure there is a screw there somewhere near the
> speedometer but I can't find it. I don't want to force anything and
> break it.
>
> Any advice?
>
> -Ryan
> '86 PT-40 8V92
> Tri-Cities, WA
>