03-28-2010, 01:33 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: indianapolis, IN
Posts: 81
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Tools used in the dash/instrument panel/gauge/odometer removal and repairs
- Phillips screw driver
- 7mm socket
- Instrument cluster removal: 5.5mm and 5mm sockets
- Small pry bar for components using spring steel fittings (sorry, still learning terminology)
- 1/4" and 3/8" socket wrenches, with universal joint adapters to get into oddly shaped spaces such as where the the little screws in the speakers on the dash are impossible to reach with a socket due to the slope of the windshield (no air tools yet, but more likely when I venture out into some body work).
- Later, will be drilling out some rivets and even later, pulling new rivets back in, so blind rivets (size uncertain yet) and puller will be on the list. (I usually use manual rivet puller, but with warmer weather and Airstream trailer restoration back under way, I'll be finding help for bucking rivets with air tools, doing more sheet metal repairs.)
- Clamps for holding down acrylic pieces while cutting and shaping
- Wooden chopstick. Seriously. Soft for prying up metal bits from plastic brackets.
- Square end breaking pliers from my stained glass cutting tools for breaking off acrylic pieces after scoring with acrylic knife
- Acrylic knife/blade (from hardware store, sold where acrylic sheets are sold)
- Ambroid brand ProWeld Professional Plastic Welder
- Permatex brand Threadlocker - Green
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