Alright so more dash progress today.
Got things glassed and was about ready to paint. I needed to remove the bolts near the defrost vents before painting. Well when I went to unscrew the right most bolt the mount on the internal housing broke off. Damnit.
I wasn't originally intending on separating the two sections but decided this made it necessary so I could fix the broken tab. Here you can see the crack after I'd rebonded it with acetone. I went on to use the acetone/ABS slurry to strengthen the tab and it's good now.
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Separating the 2 parts also allowed me to clean areas that I couldn't reach before. I also found a few more areas that needed repair.
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So after getting all these things repaired with the ABS slurry I washed the outer shell and got ready to paint it.
Before.
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After.
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It was nice to paint it apart from the inner section and they separate and go back together easily so I'm actually glad I had to take the extra steps.
Reassembled and ready to go back in the truck in the morning.
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