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Disco 1 Dash Removal
ben_haynes:
--- Quote from: LittlePaul on July 08, 2008, 00:59:18 ---
--- Quote from: ben_haynes on July 08, 2008, 00:52:16 ---paul if you need a hand give us a shout i should be able to give a hand may put removing the V8 on friday evening if its any use, will bring tom as i have no vehicle at the moment
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cool cheers mate. andi wants to see if he can pull it apart on wednesday. if it ends up in too many pieces i'll give you a buzz. i hate doing dash and trim work. cabling no problem, pulling plastic apart, yuk. we should catch up sometime soon
cheers, paul
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is that safe letting him loose on it??? :shock: i thing the whole dash comes out as one, bolts under the edges of the dash, and the steerig wheel and cowling needs taking out
LittlePaul:
--- Quote from: ben_haynes on July 08, 2008, 01:27:19 ---
--- Quote from: LittlePaul on July 08, 2008, 00:59:18 ---
--- Quote from: ben_haynes on July 08, 2008, 00:52:16 ---paul if you need a hand give us a shout i should be able to give a hand may put removing the V8 on friday evening if its any use, will bring tom as i have no vehicle at the moment
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cool cheers mate. andi wants to see if he can pull it apart on wednesday. if it ends up in too many pieces i'll give you a buzz. i hate doing dash and trim work. cabling no problem, pulling plastic apart, yuk. we should catch up sometime soon
cheers, paul
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is that safe letting him loose on it??? :shock: i thing the whole dash comes out as one, bolts under the edges of the dash, and the steerig wheel and cowling needs taking out
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that would explain why it woudlnt budge. Screws under the glove box and wheel then?
and no it prolly isnt safe letting him on it!
Disco Matt:
You may find it's easier to feed the wires around the dash than it is to remove the dash - I can give a couple of pointers depending on where you're trying to get to.
LittlePaul:
--- Quote from: Disco Matt on July 08, 2008, 07:01:24 ---You may find it's easier to feed the wires around the dash than it is to remove the dash - I can give a couple of pointers depending on where you're trying to get to.
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There are big pipes behind it, so struggling to get my hand round; have taken the fuse panel cover off. Im thinking of drilling a hole in the top of the dash (to the left of the drivers console - so right in the middle of the car), and feed the wires down to behind where the stereo is, the cigar lighter area.
I figured whilst I took the dash off Id look and see if I can hide a ton of ISO connectors and wires from the stereo under the dash, poked through from the stereo housing, cos there isnt anywhere near enough room in the stereo housing! If that isnt possible, plan B is for a roof console.
Thoughts appreciated :)
Disco Matt:
I know the 200TDI is a swine to fit a non-standard stereo to, mainly because there isn't quite enough depth in the slot for a modern head unit. As mine is a 300 most of the things I've learned while skinning my knuckles behind the dash won't apply, but I have found that bits of bent wire can be very handy for pulling cables through.
I have heard of people installing their CB in the slot on the dash, and moving the radio to a roof console as you suggest.
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