Black dash buttons

[ruaricoles]

Hello peeps

The boot release button has sunk into the dash on my Griff a little and also seems to be stuck on now.

I'd rather not remove the dash to sort it of course; assuming the button itself is still ok, will I be able to get to it and re-attach it through the head unit hole? Does anyone have a photo of the back of a dash panel showing how they're attached please?

Many thanks (and Happy Christmas all!)

Ruari

[davep]

There's a pic here:

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=1339862&mid=203

The buttons usually drop through the dash because the mounting bracket has become detached from the rear of the dash. So it's dash out to do the job properly.

[stevesprint]

Sadly the stud breaks off the back of the panel.
Sorry to give you bad news on Christmas day but at least its a cheap job if you do it yourself. Best Wishes

[Loubaruch]

You may find this of interest:

http://www.bertram-hill.co.uk/Pages/TVRGriffith.as...

[ruaricoles]

Great, thanks guys!

Looks like it's a dash out job then; at least I'll be able to tidy up some other stuff in there when it's out.

Ruari

[EGB]

ruaricoles said:

Great, thanks guys!

Looks like it's a dash out job then; at least I'll be able to tidy up some other stuff in there when it's out.

Ruari

Try a very light spray of WD first. May release button and keep you going awhile. Nothing to loose. If button has lost it's fix in dash then it's dash off.

[ruaricoles]

Only managed to get round to looking at the car again today, but found that if I open the glove box I can actually reach my hand in and get to the back of the upper 2 buttons quite easily. Makes a change! The RH stud has indeed become detached from the back of the dash. Anyway, the bracket was still fairly strong, so I managed to push the button back into place and it still works fine. I just need to remember not to press it too hard. It'll keep me going anyway, so the dash out job can wait until it falls off completely.

Thanks

Ruari