Date:         Tue, 7 Dec 2004 11:53:04 EST
Reply-To:     JordanVw@AOL.COM
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From:         JordanVw@AOL.COM
Subject:      Re: quiet a very noisy gauge cluster cover?
Comments: To: kite.wagon@GMAIL.COM
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In a message dated 12/6/04 7:37:58 PM Eastern Standard Time,
kite.wagon@GMAIL.COM writes:


> BACKGROUND: Removed the gauge cluster cover on my 84 so as to trace
> the antenna wire (was replacing a broken antenna).  Task completed, I
> replaced the cluster cover firmly and, to my eye, properly.  Since
> then the bstd squeeks like hell with the slightest road irregularity.
> Especially when its chilly.  Drives me up the wall.  Wind up driving
> one handed using the other hand to apply reinforcing pressure on the
> plastic.
>
> QUESTION: anyone experienced this and succesfully fixed it / have tips
> to improving the fit of this piece?
>
> thanks in advance.
>

you can bend the 2 metal retaining clips at the back of the cover, to
increase tightness..of course the tighter you make it, the harder it is to remove..
i actually bend them so theyre really loose, so its easy to take the cover
off.
tip:  do this inside or when the plastic is warmed up.  20 year old plastic
doesnt hold up well to flexing in the freezing temps..

chris