[TR] Upgrading to a wood dash

[oliver]

use tape on the veneer to avoid splitting.  painter's tape, not duct tape 
<grin>

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From: "Jeff Scarbrough" <fishplate at charter.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 8:44 PM
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] Upgrading to a wood dash

> At 07:55 PM 12/30/2009, Brian Jones wrote:
>
>>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.
>
> I don't know exactly how this works, but can you put the screw through the 
> metal dash backwards so it pokes out just a little, then align the wood 
> dash and press it down?  That should make some dimples on the back of the 
> wood dash that you can use to drill through to the front.  Be careful not 
> to split the veneer when the drill comes through...press the dash down on 
> a scrap piece of wood before you drill, maybe.