Duster Dash Pad nuts
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Duster Dash Pad nuts
Hi guys, bought a new dash pad for my 71 duster recently, it comes with several threads that go through the dash to secure it, anybody know what nuts fit on these threads, it never came with any and i cant find a solid answer online
Cheers
Chris
Cheers
Chris
They look like this and are made in different sizes.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-SET-OF-8-19 ... 1830392496
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-SET-OF-8-19 ... 1830392496
1970 Road Runner, 505CI, 4 speed, GV overdrive, 3.91 gears.
11.98 @ 117mph on street tyres
11.98 @ 117mph on street tyres
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You will also need a couple of screws for the lower end of the corners, I should have a complete set of nuts and screws as I just fitted a replacement to my car yesterday & it came with everything, I'm away until the weekend & can check. I know that I dropped one nut & didn't look too hard for it as I knew I had spares!
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I also read Dave999's post on not bolting the ends done. Said it allows it all some room to 'breathe' & not get stressed, with the body flex.Super Sloth wrote:I read a thread recently that suggested it was a good idea not to bolt the ends down. Apparently with all the body flex it's these end bolts that cause the vinyl to crack?
Can't do any harm & worth thinking about... could always bolt ends, but gently 'snug' them down
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Hey Shovelhead, did you ever get around at looking for those screws? Id be really grateful if you did have some spares i could haveshovelheadrob wrote:You will also need a couple of screws for the lower end of the corners, I should have a complete set of nuts and screws as I just fitted a replacement to my car yesterday & it came with everything, I'm away until the weekend & can check. I know that I dropped one nut & didn't look too hard for it as I knew I had spares!
cheers
chris
yeah something I leaned in Oz the hard way
my pad wasn't bolted down at all and was Mint
bolted it all down after a bit of gauge cluster repair, few weeks later took it 20 miles inland (much hotter than at the coast) to get the gearbox rebuilt
it sat in the sun in a yard for 3 days
dash pad split in about 1000000000 places
asked the bloke what he did. As in what the !!!!! did you do
he said nuffin but have you recently had the pad out
I said yes
he said did you bolt down the ends
I said yes
he said that's your problem.
do up the two in the middle only it will stay put
heat UV anything that causes it to stretch will end up in cracks eventually
hence after $150 purchase of a spare and $350 re skin and my pocket lighter
I just do up the middle
the sun here in the UK can split a windscreen top to bottom from a tiny stone chip so I'm guessing it will have ya dash pad at some point in the next 40 years
Dave
my pad wasn't bolted down at all and was Mint
bolted it all down after a bit of gauge cluster repair, few weeks later took it 20 miles inland (much hotter than at the coast) to get the gearbox rebuilt
it sat in the sun in a yard for 3 days
dash pad split in about 1000000000 places
asked the bloke what he did. As in what the !!!!! did you do
he said nuffin but have you recently had the pad out
I said yes
he said did you bolt down the ends
I said yes
he said that's your problem.
do up the two in the middle only it will stay put
heat UV anything that causes it to stretch will end up in cracks eventually
hence after $150 purchase of a spare and $350 re skin and my pocket lighter
I just do up the middle
the sun here in the UK can split a windscreen top to bottom from a tiny stone chip so I'm guessing it will have ya dash pad at some point in the next 40 years
Dave
The Greater Knapweed near the Mugwort by the Buckthorn tree is dying
mine is aussie. hence could be different
but my dash was held on with hex flange-lock nuts yellow zinc coated thingys with a petal type pattern to the lock side of the flange
those hollow PAL nuts are used on mine for the plastic trim
my car was previously assembled by an idiot so don't take it as gospel
flange lock nuts
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw= ... 9&_sacat=0
loads and loads of em
find a nut on your car engine that fits your dash pad thread
check that nut size and thread in the manual
order from someone who doesn't say they are mopar specific and they will be £5 for a bag of 40
if they say they are mopar specific it will be £2.99 per nut
Dave
but my dash was held on with hex flange-lock nuts yellow zinc coated thingys with a petal type pattern to the lock side of the flange
those hollow PAL nuts are used on mine for the plastic trim
my car was previously assembled by an idiot so don't take it as gospel
flange lock nuts
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw= ... 9&_sacat=0
loads and loads of em
find a nut on your car engine that fits your dash pad thread
check that nut size and thread in the manual
order from someone who doesn't say they are mopar specific and they will be £5 for a bag of 40
if they say they are mopar specific it will be £2.99 per nut
Dave
The Greater Knapweed near the Mugwort by the Buckthorn tree is dying
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I didn't get to the workshop last weekend but I'm definitely up there on Saturday, if you pm me your address etc I'll post them to you.ChrisN34 wrote:Hey Shovelhead, did you ever get around at looking for those screws? Id be really grateful if you did have some spares i could haveshovelheadrob wrote:You will also need a couple of screws for the lower end of the corners, I should have a complete set of nuts and screws as I just fitted a replacement to my car yesterday & it came with everything, I'm away until the weekend & can check. I know that I dropped one nut & didn't look too hard for it as I knew I had spares!
cheers
chris
You can't have too much power, only a lack of traction!
Cheers rob, will message youshovelheadrob wrote:I didn't get to the workshop last weekend but I'm definitely up there on Saturday, if you pm me your address etc I'll post them to you.ChrisN34 wrote:Hey Shovelhead, did you ever get around at looking for those screws? Id be really grateful if you did have some spares i could haveshovelheadrob wrote:You will also need a couple of screws for the lower end of the corners, I should have a complete set of nuts and screws as I just fitted a replacement to my car yesterday & it came with everything, I'm away until the weekend & can check. I know that I dropped one nut & didn't look too hard for it as I knew I had spares!
cheers
chris
And yeah dave, a friend of a friend owns a duster, and when he first imported it he said the dash had cracks all over it from where it had been sat in the sun for ages.