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Timothy Kender wrote: > Hi all, > I bought a new dash to replace the San Andreas Fault dash I have. Was > wondering if anyone knows how to replace a dash and how to remount the > VIN? > I believe it's riveted on there. I used small pop rivets on a dash I replaced years ago. Where did you buy a new dash? > 2nd Q: below the two vent controls there is a small light (LED? Don't > know for sure as it was crushed by PO or others...) It is to the right > of my Saphire XV AM radio. Does anyone know what it is? There isn't a > mention of it in the 1968 owner's manual posted on the Samba. I'm > guessing it is a dummy car alarm light that looked really cool when it > used to blink menacingly at any would-be car thieves. But maybe it > served a higher purpose? Was it standard or dealer-added? > The both '73's I've owned had these. It's a console illumination light, and is OE. My '03 Passat has this too, though it's mounted on the rear view mirror and lights red. > As an aside, I bought a steering wheel & adapter to nake it fit. Then > found my 1973's steering column is not using the older large spline > style column, but the newer small spline column. Did VW switch this > early on mine? Or some PO do that? > I believe halfway through the '72 model year this was changed on the T3, and it can be found on all 73 model year VWs. > Lastly, how does one replace the rear hatch cable system? Mine has the > cool lever in the door pillar, but no cable running anywhere. PO took > out all the hardware when he replaced the motor with an upright bug! > He even cut out the sheet metal to shoe-horn the bug motor into place! > (Anyone got some spare rear end assembly parts that I can weld in > there?) and yes, it looks like a huge gaping hole where one was a > parcel zone above the engine. :-( > Timothy Oh the humanity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~