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removing lenses-A body ralley dashes #956276
03/22/11 12:17 PM
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How do you remove the lenses and gauge from a A body Ralley Dash. They look like they are plastic welded or glued on the back with a
plastic stud type of thing?..


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Re: removing lenses-A body ralley dashes [Re: 340wedge] #956277
03/22/11 06:24 PM
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They were originally studs the lenses slipped over and then the studs were melted, the same thing they do today to assemble an all-plastic door panel from many separate molded sections. Bust the melted over stud material carefully, leaving just a nib to sit the lenses back on and then glue them back in place. Devcon / Permatex makes an excellent Plastic Welder cement, 2 part, stinks awful but really works. Fixed many door panels, grills with the stuff.

Re: removing lenses-A body ralley dashes [Re: Sixpak] #956278
03/22/11 08:52 PM
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Thank you sixpack


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Re: removing lenses-A body ralley dashes [Re: 340wedge] #956279
03/22/11 11:05 PM
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I used a soldering iron. If you get the temperature just right, and pull up on the lens a bit, the plastic will conform to the hole and leave you with a stud to remelt. That's how I did mine anyway.....







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