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While I had the dash off, I decided to repair the tabs that hold the dash together—the instrument panel and the dash go through these tabs on the interior dash panel. They always break.
So what did I do? I tried to plastic weld them a year ago, and that was a miserable failure.
So, I went back to my surfing roots, and got metal mesh and wrapped that around a fiberglass MAT. Then I mixed the resin. It sticks to plastic very well. This is the result. After it all set up, I trimmed the patch with a dremel and painted them black. The tape is necessary to create a dam. Pics are shot through the front window.
After the trim, I matched up the dash panel to the tabs, backed it with a small block of wood, and drilled the hole….slowly.
Fiber glass rosin works pretty good on the plastic dash.
The AC dash from the parts truck that I needed to use for the AC the PO could not get the radio & HVAC controls out when he sold them so he broke the dash.
I had to take that part from my non-AC dash and glue it using the rosin into the AC dash.
Broken AC dash
Not broken non AC dash
Glued into place
All painted before installed back in truck
All together less clock
Thanks, just like to show others what can be done when you think it out.
I used the glass rosin as I did not have any Plastex, it's a kit made to repair all kinds of plastic.
Dave ----
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