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On 20 Jul 2005 at 11:48, Hal Sullivan wrote: > At 09:49 AM 7/20/05, Jim Adney wrote: > >Remove the steering wheel; save it if it is not cracked. While you're there, > >remove and save the TS switch, wiper switch, and the ignition switch. Remove > >the 3 dash gauges and the brite trim under the dash. Remove the screws that > >were hidden under the trim. The dash should come off easily now. > > Ack! There's also the screws along the forward edge of the pad near the > windshield, and the grabhandle has to be removed as well (easily done after > taking out the glovebox). Jim, I can't believe you forgot to tell him about those. > :-) You're right, the grab handle completely slipped my mind, but I believe the screws at the front of the dash were only in the early models, up thru '70. > Above all, go *EASY* and be very very gentle with it. If there's resistance and > it doesn't want to come out, even if you think you've removed everything, stop > and find out what's still holding it in place. Absolutely. ;-) -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~