Many thanks for creating this video! Thinking about replacing my broken dashboard with a new one and this is exactly the guide i needed for it to went smooth! 👍
Thanks for the info. That being said, you left out important information. The screws for the thermostat must be torqued at a certain pound, which I believe is 11 pounds of torque. When taking on these jobs, you must be experienced, or you will destroy your vehicle.
@Sloppy Perfectionist many thanks for the video. Do you remember where you got the 'expensive' poly bushings for the upper rear drop links that you couldn't press on? I have the same problem. Thank you!
I have a ‘73 with a tore up dash and I found a S2 dash for a great price in great shape, so my project is a little different than yours because I’m swapping from S1 to S2 dashes and trying to swap the S1 gauges into the S2 dash. There looks to be a slight incompatibility with where the round S1 auxiliary gauges need to go but I think I can fab up with a solution easy enough. My biggest worry with my particular swap has to do with the hoses. Did you have any problems swapping the heater and defroster hoses between the S1 and S2 dashboards?
I didn’t mess with the hoses yet because my fan doesn’t work so I left that as the future project, but I don’t think there will be issues, for the most part it’s generic accordion style hoses so you can run them any way you want.
Great video! It’s nice to see the details of where to look for the hardware that actually holds the dash in place rather than fumbling around trying to find all of the attachment points. Great tip on using the 24mm socket for the wing nuts. Also, great tip on making new drain tube hoses - I didn’t know you could custom form them like that.
Thank you so much for this video I just got this antique this year and had the problem with the thermostat and seeing those videos about several hours of work really made a difference when you put this video out. You save me some time my friend thank you so much
Thank you so much for doing this video. I've wanted to remove my dash for some repairs but was afraid. I will definitely use your video as I attempt remove the dash. Thanks again!!!
Dalhe my friend Sloppy Perfectionist good morning, ball show great friend very top your work of excellent quality you have a lot of skills very beautiful table a pity that resin here in Brazil is very expensive - a big hug - TMJ on the walk count on me here from Rio de Janeiro / Brazil - another successful subscriber
Thank you so much! I’m glad you like it, it was a long but rewarding project. Yeah, I believe you, good quality resin is expensive and any mistakes are painful even in the US.
great project! I have a 1987 alfa spider veloce that I need to reinstall the binnacle. It's held in by 4 screws from the front. I can't recall if I can just fit it back in behind the steering wheel or do I need to remove/drop the steering column. Anyone have any suggestions? Tnx
From an engineering standpoint, possibly, but visually I find it beautiful. For me (polished like this) it makes VG30DE one of the last great looking engines.
Thanks so much man. Although my plenum was already polished I had to go in and touch it up. However from this I’ve noticed on the top down in those middle hard to reach places it starts to fade so maybe using some protection around there or some sort of high heat coating will allow it to stay great for longer. I’m super happy with how mine turned out.
Very nice video. I have a 1972 so no need to change style but this provides some confidence and suggestions like the drain hose replacement or fixing cracks etc.
A very informative and thoughtful restoration video filled with helpful tips and detailed instructions! This will be the next project on my 1987 Spider..
I'm looking at this video again and I notice at 13:07 you are inserting the rear trailing arm front poly bushings. The part I don't see listed on the various websites is the inner poly washer you are inserting before the trailing arm is pushed up into it's space. Did that come with the poly bushings for the trailing arm?
Thanks for sharing this! I am restoring a teak wood steering wheel from a 65 Corvette. It was not any where near as bad as yours but I learned some important things from your video.
Need to see more videos. I'm resto-modding my 86 into a weekend tripper and Auto-X car. But I enjoy seeing things before I tackle them myself in some cases.
Same here, yt is a place where I always come for initial research. I'm trying to get back to the build trust me, but have some other priorities going on right now...
