Dash Problems
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Dash Problems
Has anyone had any issues with their dash being loose ? I just bought a 1989 F350 with a wrecker body on it and the truck is in fairly decent shape. I have some minor repairs I need to do and have done quite a few already. I just noticed that all the bolt holes across the dash , by the windshield , are broken out and the dash is loose. Is this a common problem with these 1987-1991 trucks ? if anyone has experienced this , please tell me what fix is. I looked at a complete dash on ebay and it really doesn't look that heavy , so I don't understand why it would be braking off the fire wall witch is what it looks like to me. I know Dodge had a problem with their dashes drying out and cracking all to hell , but I never seen a Ford do this. One forum said there is bolts going thru the fire wall but I'll be dam if I could find any. The only bolts I see is 4-5 across the top and I see 1 on the bottom by the heater box. I was going to see if maybe they were loose and try tightening them. Any help would be appreciated.
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Has anyone had any issues with their dash being loose ? I just bought a 1989 F350 with a wrecker body on it and the truck is in fairly decent shape. I have some minor repairs I need to do and have done quite a few already. I just noticed that all the bolt holes across the dash , by the windshield , are broken out and the dash is loose. Is this a common problem with these 1987-1991 trucks ? if anyone has experienced this , please tell me what fix is. I looked at a complete dash on ebay and it really doesn't look that heavy , so I don't understand why it would be braking off the fire wall witch is what it looks like to me. I know Dodge had a problem with their dashes drying out and cracking all to hell , but I never seen a Ford do this. One forum said there is bolts going thru the fire wall but I'll be dam if I could find any. The only bolts I see is 4-5 across the top and I see 1 on the bottom by the heater box. I was going to see if maybe they were loose and try tightening them. Any help would be appreciated.
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Fixed it, I got me a 1 inch piece of steel, cut it in half to make 2 18in pieces. Cut it long ways to make it fit the contour of the dash, drilled a hole at each end and put one on each side of the dash, worked perfect. Dash is tighter then new.
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