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On 18 Jun 2005 at 7:23, Timothy Kender wrote: > 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? You should know that in some (all?) states it is illegal to remount a dash VIN tag. I'm not suggesting that you not do it, but if you do, make it look OE and don't ever tell anyone about it. I would suggest that the right length of pop rivets might look just about correct. You might also want to reuse the old internal supports that are under the old 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? It's a '73 only item (or maybe late '72 also.) I've seen it variously described as a map light and a light to illuminate the heater levers. It really isn't useful for either purpose. > 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 think all the type 3s are the same diameter from beginning to end. > Lastly, how does one replace the rear hatch cable system? Ouch, that's a toughie. You're gonna need donor parts. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~