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Will my dart run with the dash cluster removed ? #1182937 02/20/12 05:26 PM 02/20/12 05:26 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 7,798 Lyons, CO MileHighDart OP master
MileHighDart OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 7,798 Lyons, CO	Just wondering, I'm working on paint and interior stuff. I want to remove the dash cluster, and then the whole dash to paint it, but I dont want the car to be dissabled. I'd still like to move the car outside when working on other things. Is this possible ?

Re: Will my dart run with the dash cluster removed ? [Re: MileHighDart] #1182938 02/20/12 05:40 PM 02/20/12 05:40 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 21,318 Manitoba, Canada DaytonaTurbo Too Many Posts
DaytonaTurbo Too Many Posts Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 21,318 Manitoba, Canada	Yes will work fine. I usually leave the wiring with the dash when I pull it, but in this case you'll need to leave it with the car. Also, you'll have to bolt together the two ammeter wires if you want the battery to charge.

Re: Will my dart run with the dash cluster removed ? [Re: DaytonaTurbo] #1182939 02/20/12 05:50 PM 02/20/12 05:50 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA OzHemi Penguin-hating Ginger
OzHemi Penguin-hating Ginger Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA	Quote: Yes Also, you'll have to bolt together the two ammeter wires if you want the battery to charge. Yep...and worth wrapping them with abit of electrical tape after you bolt them together...just to stop any chance of accidently shorting them to ground while they or you move stuff around them while working.

Re: Will my dart run with the dash cluster removed ? [Re: OzHemi] #1182940 02/20/12 05:58 PM 02/20/12 05:58 PM
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MileHighDart OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 7,798 Lyons, CO	Thanks guys, thats good news.

Re: Will my dart run with the dash cluster removed ? [Re: DaytonaTurbo] #1182941 02/20/12 06:10 PM 02/20/12 06:10 PM
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1_WILD_RT Management Trainee Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows?	Quote: Yes will work fine. I usually leave the wiring with the dash when I pull it, but in this case you'll need to leave it with the car. Also, you'll have to bolt together the two ammeter wires if you want the battery to charge. You need to bolt those two together just to make it run.... But yeah it'll run... I took a 150+ mile trip with no dash in the early eighties.... "The Armies of our ancestors were lucky, in that they were not trailed by a second army of pencil pushers."

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