CB Red 964

I have a hump on my dashboard on the forward edge where the dashboard meets the defroster grill. The hump is about 6 inches long and rises about a 1/4 inch above the defroster grill. The dashboard is normally about an 1/8 below the grill everywhere else.

I removed the dashboard last night and was dissappionted to see that is is a solid piece of molded plastic. Looks like a combination of heat and possibly poor molding allowed the plastic to become deformed over the years.

Has anyone delt with this? Any tricks that have worked? I could try a heat gun and series of clamps to try to get it back but that is a guess.

Any past experience or fixes?

Chris

Wachuko

Do a search, common issue with our cars , mine has the same problem.

I had a link with some suggestions on how to get it to come down a bit, but I can't remember if there was a fix other than a new dash.

ezinternet

Hi Chris,

It's an ill that our 964 flesh is heir to ...

I never came across a repair for a non-leather dash other than replacement. The replacement isn't technically challenging but that dash top runs a few hundreds of dollars from the parts recyclers. Leather dash covers have had the underlying material "shaved" and the leather re-glued with varying satisfaction levels.

Avoidance requires shielding the dash from heat and sun. There apparently was a factory fix (see TSB reference in thread) applied later in the product run that allowed the narrow vent panel to sit proud of the dash and exert some hold-down. However, once you warp you're warped (or humped) (or bumped).

Here's one link to a thread from 2002 - https://rennlist.com/forums/964-forum/19526-remedy-for-a-warped-dash.html

CB Red 964

Thanks guys.

I did a search on dash board and did not get a single hit.

Everything described in the 2002 posts is a direct hit on my problem. Guess I will live with it.

At least I get a chance to clean out all the old bugs behind the dash before reinstalling.

Chris

ddubois

There was a TSB for repairing this.

Wachuko

Yup, that is the thread I was thinking about.

CB Red 964

Clever writers.

I like how they list it as a repair and then subtle insert the "after replacement" in the instructions.

So repair = replace on this one.

Chris

Bearclaw

Mine too.

At least, if I ever sell it I can tell people, "Heck, they're ALL like that!"

MisterRisky

Slap a hula girl dash bobble up there and think sunny Hawaiian thoughts and block your view of the dash warping.

Bearclaw

That would be easier if we could buy about 20F from you guys right about now.

MisterRisky

we have plenty of F here to spare. it has been 100+ this week. Too dang hot! They have some rain in the midwest you can have... but I guess you guys have plenty of that.