[TR] Upgrading to a wood dash

[Brian Jones]

"The two lights for the ignition and turn signals remain in the metal dash
and the wood mounts over it.  They never line up perfectly."

This was how my TR4 was when it came to me. I was not happy to have idiot
lights that I thought looked like an idiot, one eye half closed, one off
centre. I enlarged their holes in the metal dash sufficiently to allow them
to be mounted in the countersunk holes in the wooden dash.

I hope your dash comes with the screw mounting holes pre-drilled. Mine did
not. It is not a simple process to drill it yourself. You have no room for
error and the wood, when held in place, conceals the locations for the
screws and there is very limited access to the back of the upper screw
holes.

Brian



On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Q <hdrider570 at att.net> wrote:

> I have done this quite a few times over the years.
>
> The wood dash fits over the metal dash panel. Drill the mounting holes into
> the metal dash through the wood dash once you are certain it is located
> properly.
>
> The center gauges panel is discarded and the 4 gauges and the ash tray
> mount directly into the wood panel prior to the installation of the wood.
>
> The speedo and tach mount through the wood and the metal dash.  You will
> need to trim the metal retaining clips a bit to allow for the extra
> thickness.
>
> The two lights for the ignition and turn signals remain in the metal dash
> and the wood mounts over it.  They never line up perfectly.
>
> The two fresh air vents stay mounted in the metal dash with the wood
> mounted over them.
>
> The dash light dimmer remains in the metal dash.
>
> You will need to modify the glove box latch to meet up with the lock
> striker.
>
> Edward Hamer
> Petaluma Ca
>
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