Dash Pad Screw Holes
04-11-2005 | 08:35 PM
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Dash Pad Screw Holes
Hi Everyone,
I need some help with my dash pad. The pad is in great shape except for the fact that I can't tighten the screws because the holes are stripped!
Anyone know a solution other-than replacing the pad?
I need some help with my dash pad. The pad is in great shape except for the fact that I can't tighten the screws because the holes are stripped!
Anyone know a solution other-than replacing the pad?
04-11-2005 | 09:03 PM
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From: Arcadia ,Ca
Car: 82 firebird s/e 83 Trans Am
Engine: 5.0L 305ci 4b carb.....CFI
Transmission: TH200C....700R4
If you mean the holes are bigger than the heads of the screws you could go ghetto and use washers.If thats the case,I would get a new dashpad if I were you
04-11-2005 | 10:43 PM
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From: Hacienda Heights, CA
Car: 90 RS 'Vert, 88 IROC-Z, 88 Firebird
Engine: 305 ci tbi, 305 ci tpi, 350 ci tpi
Transmission: WC-T5, WC-T5, 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.45, 3.27, 3.27
How about the old "shove the end of a toothpick in the hole with some glue" method? you just need some material in the hole for the screw to bite into, this is a crude but effective method,
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04-12-2005 | 08:20 AM
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From: Hacienda Heights, CA
Car: 90 RS 'Vert, 88 IROC-Z, 88 Firebird
Engine: 305 ci tbi, 305 ci tpi, 350 ci tpi
Transmission: WC-T5, WC-T5, 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.45, 3.27, 3.27
Matchsticks for larger holes, toothpicks for smaller holes. 
Glue in the hole, shove in the match stick or toothpick until it bottoms out, snap it off, thread in the screw.
Lon
Glue in the hole, shove in the match stick or toothpick until it bottoms out, snap it off, thread in the screw.Lon
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