----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 =
8:05
AM
Subject: Instrument panel is
disintegrating!
Help! The instrument panel in our '88 is =
slowly
fracturing itself into dust. Last spring, just small cracks =
around the
screws that hold it down. Then the screw holes completely broke
off. After fabricating clips to replace the broken holes, now =
the panel
is fracturing behind the speedometer. I have little shards of =
plastic
falling out all the time. I suspect that simple body flex is the =
basic
culprit, slightly moving the dashboard and inst. panel (I do =
hear a lot
of creaking and groaning up there on uneven roads). Anyone else
experience this? Should I be worried about the body =
itself? I
always thought that the basic stucture was real rugged. Now I am
wondering.
Gary