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Eric Eiland (Eric308gtsiqv)
Member
Username: Eric308gtsiqv
Post Number: 351
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 11:02 am: | |
Jerry...I'll be sending mine off to Complete Interior in Chamblee, GA. They're located not very far from the FAF dealership outside of Atlanta. Dr. Tommy Cosgrove (fellow F-chatter) recommended them.
I'm sending you an email now with the contact numbers, etc. |
Jerry H (Jerry)
Junior Member
Username: Jerry
Post Number: 121
Registered: 3-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, August 04, 2002 - 11:46 am: | |
Eric I too have a cut in the leather on my binnacle. Where are you sending yours off to be recovered? |
Eric Eiland (Eric308gtsiqv)
Member
Username: Eric308gtsiqv
Post Number: 341
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Friday, July 26, 2002 - 11:04 am: | |
Thank you Ric for sharing your experiences with this. I'll take your advice (and Magoo's too) and access via the instrument cluster. |
Ric Rainbolt (Ricrain)
Junior Member
Username: Ricrain
Post Number: 194
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Friday, July 26, 2002 - 8:24 am: | |
Accessing the four nuts that hold the pod in place is *MUCH* easier with the instruments themselves removed. The nuts are very small (8mm) and are hard to see or get to from the floorboard. |
Eric Eiland (Eric308gtsiqv)
Member
Username: Eric308gtsiqv
Post Number: 340
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Friday, July 26, 2002 - 8:17 am: | |
Going to be sending my dash instrument binnacle (the small shroud / pod that houses the gauges on top of the dash) off to have it recovered due to a small cut along the leading edge by the previous owner. Tried using upholstery adhesive, etc. to repair it, but didn't like the results.
Anyhow, I seem to recall reading somewhere that the binnacle can be removed by simply removing four nuts from underneath the dash. I tried laying upside down and looking up through the bottom of the dash, but all I saw was a mass of wiring looms, etc. but no visible nuts / bolts. Has anyone successfully removed their binnacle using this procedure?
In the archives, I read where Magoo recommended a procedure whereby the 4 warning lamps, instrument cluster, wiring harness connectors were removed in order to access these same 4 nuts. Would this be the better alternative?
Thought I'd ask some of the experienced owners before this turns out to be a big project -- thanks in advance! |