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<p>The replacement dash pad is Moss part 453-796, and as Bob said is
a much bigger project than installing the cap (453-905) that
Sarah 's got.</p>
<p>--Steve<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/8/2020 4:28 PM, Robert's New iPad
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<div dir="ltr"> There was the “cap”, that Steve writes about,
but at one time some vendor offered a vinyl that would cover the
entire dashboard. </div>
<div dir="ltr"> Caps work well and install pretty much as Moss’s
instructions said to do. Dry-fit it first, however, before
adhesive.</div>
<div dir="ltr"> The vinyl cover, if still available, is an
instruments-out, vents-out, etc project, that requires cutting
away or smoothing the old plastic material, then re-covering
with new. It was not a one-afternoon job.</div>
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On May 8, 2020, at 2:18 PM, Steve Shoyer via Mgs <<a
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<p>There was one installed on my 1980 MGB when I bought the
car. It looked OK, a lot better than the dash it was
covering. I swapped dashes a couple of years ago and
removed the cover - it looked like it had been held on with
thick beads/smears of flexible adhesive, like a silicone.
Looking at the cover panel there isn't any sign that it was
trimmed. Since the adhesive on mine was pretty clearly not
applied only at the outside edges, the PO of my car might
have bought a different cover, or just ignored the
instructions. Whatever the case, it fit well enough to look
like a nice, smooth dash.</p>
<p>--Steve (1980 MGB)</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/8/2020 1:37 PM, S.Carr via
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hmmm -- definite difference here
between your comments and the instructions that came
with the Moss panel (“Dash top pad covers,” 453-905).
The pad is meant to be glued <u>over</u> the old pad,
once all of its cracks and lumps have been smoothed
down.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Anyone else have experience with this
item?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,</p>
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<b>Sent: </b>Friday, May 8, 2020 3:51 AM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Ideally
it's done with the screen out as it tucks under the
apron seal, but you can probably get round that -
once you have the old cover off. Also the dash
crash rail removed, which probably needs the dash to
be removed or again you have the edge facing you to
deal with. I did my 73 as part of a restoration so
all that was out of the way anyway.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Remove
the screen vents.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Then
it depends on how easily you can get the old one
off, and how smooth it leaves the surface. Use
spray adhesive to fix the new one, and cut the slots
for the screen vents afterwards. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">That's
by memory from 32 years ago anyway.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We
need to install the replacement dash cover on a
1980 MGB. Any tips from those who have already
done it?</span><span
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