I had to pull the dash on my old sixer to change the heater core.... TWICE!
It's not really that bad, it's just time consuming.
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I had to pull the dash on my old sixer to change the heater core.... TWICE!
It's not really that bad, it's just time consuming.
slow90coupe
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But for someone who doesn't have very much mechanical expertise, it will own you. It isn't bad, but I'd much rather dye it. I pulled the dash out of my fox and dyed it while it was out. It looked tons better than a used dash would, and held up perfectly.
I didn't have much mechanical experience at the time either and that was the first major thing I had to do to my SN95. It honestly isn't that bad. It just takes time. The second time I had to do it, I had it in and out in half the time it took me the first time around. I've heard both good and bad stories about dying these dashes. I can't say either way because I've never done it. However, if it was me, and I was changing out all of my interior, I think I'd just bite the bullet and change out the dash. I'm not trying to start a fight with people on what the "correct" way of doing something is, but dying it seems like the lazy way out.
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belber095
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yeah that's what i was thinking. i wouldn't do it alone either, so i'm not toooo worried about it. my friend has worked on almost every gen mustang and has a fox he 5.0 swapped, so i feel more comfortable doing this kinda stuff when he helps me out. thanks for the picture though. it doesn't look as bad as i thought it would. i was assuming there would be wiring harnesses every where i looked aha
You should be fine then. All the wiring stays in the car and it's just a matter of unhooking things like the HVAC controls, radio, cluster, etc. Some people say that you need to remove the steering wheel, but you don't. You can just drop the column down and it'll give you enough room to get the dash out. I just put a pile of shop rags on the driver's seat and let it rest on them.
