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Old Apr 16, 2014 | 07:18 PM
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well my 75 coupe caught on fire behind the dash panel due to bubba being back there prior to me getting the car. had to literary tear the dash out with my bare hands to stop from losing the whole car. needless to say I have been tracing and rewiring all that was lost during this nightmare my question is, is there any easy way or trick to putting the lower dash panel drivers side in with out having to remove the steering column all together. cause tearing it out was a pain with the steering column in place. I did loosen the column bolts at the floor so it drop a little bit but had a great deal of trouble removing the old one, I now have a brand new one and don't want to break it putting it back in. any advice would be great thanks scott
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Old Apr 16, 2014 | 09:09 PM
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Removing the column is not a big deal and definitely makes the dash go in easier.
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Old Apr 16, 2014 | 09:20 PM
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Old Apr 16, 2014 | 09:53 PM
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thanks for the info. I will take out the steering column this weekend

thank you scott
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Old Apr 18, 2014 | 04:28 PM
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well I got the steering column out this is what's left

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Old Apr 18, 2014 | 10:29 PM
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Lol.. Welcome to my world.. You get stuck, post again..

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