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Just taken the dash out of my 5. I hope i'm not the only one to find it a real pain in the arse!!! It's the first one i've ever taken out of a 5 so i knew it wouldn't be a quick job but i found some of the wiring loom a nightmare to get to. I broke a few bits too, but to be honest i wasn't that carefull with it as i'm getting another dash! Putting the new one in will be much easier now i've done it once but please tell others have found it as painfull as me!!!!!!:scratch:
TrixNFlix
20-11-2010, 17:26
Yeah dont worry, its dog sh1t:)
:( ive got this to come.. worried now
Penfold aka The Dealer
20-11-2010, 17:53
I have the pleasure of putting mine back in :( less a few electrical wires for electric windows, stereo, central locking etc... its all about the weight saving. ;)
phase i 16 v turbo
20-11-2010, 18:01
Done loads now. They are not hard, just a timely job. Take your time and label bits you are not sure on. Or even get the camera out and snap away each time remove a bit.
Good luck
:( ive got this to come.. worried now
All i can say is take your time. I labelled everything as i took it off. My troubles were added to as some numpty had re-wired the loom to the ignition barrell and put some wires around the steering colomn and some through the dash around the colomn meaning i had to either cut the loom or brake the dash to get it off.:sad2:
Done loads now. They are not hard, just a timely job. Take your time and label bits you are not sure on. Or even get the camera out and snap away each time remove a bit.
Good luck
Hey Mike definatly gonna need the dash and clocks now. Cheers
modfather
20-11-2010, 18:37
when i done mine i thought it was well easy, didnt label anything as i found that most/all switches only go in 1 place anyway, all went back no probs
when i done mine i thought it was well easy, didnt label anything as i found that most/all switches only go in 1 place anyway, all went back no probs
Yeah your right m8, i did notice that as i was doing it but it made me feel a bit better to label it all:) I have sleepless nights sometimes worrying about putting the car back together:scratch:
Tony Walker
20-11-2010, 19:44
Its not the worst dash ive removed, but........... deffinettly the worst for extremely dodgy previous owner bodge repairs. :sad2:
Woznaldo
20-11-2010, 20:47
I've done it a few times now and I would say dodgiest thing about it, is the fact that plastic is 20+ years old now and can be very brittle and crack quite easily. Take your time and be patient with the clips.
:( ive got this to come.. worried now
Enjoy! :D
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Haha, as said the best thing to do is label everything. I didnt and it took me a while to get it all back together... Now have a stupid issue though that when I pull my cigarette ashtray out my lights come on haha... Nightmare...
it took me about 30 mis to get mine 99% of the way out then 2hr looking how to get the clips off that hold the top in :mad: ashy then told me "aarrhhh just pop a screwdriver in the vents and she will come straight out" 5 mins and it was out, we all have to learn :ashamed:
markey b
23-11-2010, 19:22
I've done a fairfew now, bout half hour to remove being semi brutal. I've just spent the last week changin mine and building a loom from almost scratch so dash's haunt me at the mo lol
TBH, I've done it a few times (removed and installed), and honestly didn't find it that hard. I had another person to help though... I imagine it would be a lot harder on your own.
i took the dash out of the 5 i was breaking ...wasnt too hard tbh ...saying that ive changed a fair few mk1 clio dash's:laugh:
THE MASTER
24-11-2010, 12:23
the trick is .. leave the loom on the dash ;)
the trick is .. leave the loom on the dash ;)
haha thats what i did:D didnt take me that long either:D
the trick is .. leave the loom on the dash ;)
Why would people do it any other way? Considering the loom is clipped to the dash in the first place :confused:
the trick is .. leave the loom on the dash ;)
Defiantly
markey b
24-11-2010, 17:41
Defiantly
that is unless you have any sort of alarm connected :smokin:
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