brrymnvette

Awesome thread! Subscribing b/c this is my winter project.

ricknyc23

Now that you are a pro, you need to come help me do mine!

Toque

Very nice fix !!!

Toque

Familycorvette

Anyone can do this.
Follow the steps and it will go just like he said.

gotz06?

did mine today now it works fine! thanks for the great help.

FourG63 97GST

two years later I finally did mine! even though its midnight, i'm going to put my dash back together now, and take it for a drive!

AMiran

Great thread, glad to have my hud working again!

SacCityCorvette

Great Post!

3whit

I just used this last night ,great instructions and it works .Not that hard and I had nothing to loose .It didn't work so I gave it a shot. I love this Forum ,there is a tremendous amount of information available at the click of a key . Thanks my Forum Brothers

metalheadbusa

hey out there.... my 99 c5 is giving me some troubles. i was looking for a vacuum leak after replacing the oil sending unit . so i removed the panel from right front wheel to find the line. i moved those wires some but not enough to unhook anything. but not the check engine is on and the car runs like there is a miss.any info will be help for .trying to get the ac fix before the summer heat gets here .please email at metalheadstunna@yahoo.com thanks

Bill Curlee

Well for starters,, your in a HUD Repair post. Recommend that you start your own thread and go from there.
Second, Are you SURE that theres not any ACID damage on the wires in that area???? If you see RUSTY Frame and white deposits on the wires,, It very well could be acid damage.

Do you have any DTCs?

BC

metalheadbusa

sorry about i just sent out a post i will pay more attention

Edmond

Looks like I'll be doing this tomorrow or next weekend.

This is a pic of my HUD taken with the camera resting on top of the steering wheel with the wheel all the way in the up position:



I must've broken something when I took the dash off and put it back on in April of last year. Yep, my lazy butt is just getting to it now.

Edmond

Did some more work. The tabs are not broke on the mirror so that didn't fix the issue. I tore it down some more after fussing with it for a little bit. The motor seems to work but the mirror still wouldn't display the HUD high enough. After tearing the HUD down, I noticed that the end piece plastic where the tab goes in was worn and loose. Just put some epoxy on there, I'll install in a few minutes and see if that solves the issue.

I moved the tab attached to the HUD motor and it moves freely but when I did that with the mirror attached, it didn't want to move. Hope this solves my issue.

ericstanley

Huge thank you for this! I finally broke down and did this after seeing this post. So glad I did.

Now to reinstall the dash pad and put everything back together...

WCartee

Yours has probably been repaired at some point and the mirror isnt set back at the correct angle. took mine apart six times before I was able to get the correct angle. I'm 6-2 also now i have plenty of adjustment up and down.

jodyjo

Just finished up my fix after following this article. Great information and fairly easy to do! Now someone come put my dash back in for me!

b_mouzakis

Thank you, pictures are awesome and the explanation is also very detailed. I'm looking for instructions on how to remove my dash in a 2005 to make these exact repairs.

Bill

Lee DeRaud

The HUD bezel and the defroster vent are incredibly fragile, especially if the car has spent a good chunk of its life parked in the Florida sun like mine did. It's probably a good idea to go ahead and order replacements ahead of time.

Lee DeRaud

Another thing to watch for...
As you take off the cover, note that there is a cable going from the base to the cover for the (I think) light sensor. When you put it back together, make sure the cable is routed around the optical path, otherwise it will show up as a shadow on the display at certain angles. And you probably won't notice it until everything is buttoned up and you're driving in daylight.
Don't ask me how I know that.