Date:         Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:29:39 -0400
Reply-To:     neil <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA>
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From:         neil <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA>
Subject:      Re: instrument cluster cover removal
Comments: To: Florian Speier <groups.florian@GMAIL.COM>
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--- Florian Speier <groups.florian@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> yeah, I know, this is supposed to be easy....  grab
> in the two molds at the
> front of the cover, pull up and towards you. But on
> my van nothing happens.
> I am already applying way more force than i feel
> comfortable with on plastic
> pieces. Is there some typical thing that can jam? Or
> can I really apply a
> LOT OF FORCE? (is it eetal inside what I am pulling
> on?)


It all depends on your idea of a lot of force.  ;^)

I get my finger(s) in recesses pull toward me, then
lift up. You want to depress the latches, then lift
up. It kinda pops up.

On my cluster, I found a PILE of yellow rag bits
stuffed under speedo. Turns out all but one of the
screws holding speedo onto back of cluster, had
nowhere to thread into. The plastic for threads was
broken. I fixed but.....

If yours is really stuck, then who knows. Maybe your
vans cluster housing doesn't stay on properly and was
re-enforced with something like an "L" bracket. Have a
look around.

You just never know what someone else may have done.

Cheers,

Neil Nicholson.
1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.

http://web.mac.com/tubaneil

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