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Old Mar 31, 2006 | 06:02 PM
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Coming back from lunch today I hit a road transition at an intersection that slammed the car really hard. And what happens, one of my friggin guage bezels comes loose. Now the speedometer needle is stuck on this floppy bezel. Dangit, guess I have another project for the weekend.
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Old Mar 31, 2006 | 06:03 PM
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Been there, done that. Good luck with the replacement. You can save time by not removing the armrest since the gas door wire is a real PITA. Just move it all the way back the and radio bezel will come out.
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Old Mar 31, 2006 | 06:31 PM
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Been there, done that. Good luck with the replacement. You can save time by not removing the armrest since the gas door wire is a real PITA. Just move it all the way back the and radio bezel will come out.
As many times I've had my dash & console apart this last couple of weeks, I never even tried to do it that way. I will next time. Thanks fo' da tip.
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Old Apr 1, 2006 | 01:29 AM
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Got it done tonight in about 1-1/2 hours. The rest of them were loose so I pulled them off and re-attached them with extra glue this time. Hope they stay put for awhile.
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Old Apr 1, 2006 | 08:17 AM
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That sucks!
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Old Apr 1, 2006 | 09:05 AM
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 06:06 PM
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Looks like I'm going to have to tear it apart AGAIN. I let it sit for 20 - 30 minutes before re-installing but I guess it wasn't enough time because I now have some glue spots that appeared.
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