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Expert: - 4/22/2011


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i'm trying to find out the easiest way to replace the speedo lite and the gauge lites in my 1947 plymouth special deluxe coupe. there is very limited space under the dash.  does the top of the dashboard come off in any way?    thanks for your help.

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THERE IS NO EASY WAY! Push the sat back as far as it goes and lay on the floor. Reach up with your hand behind the dash and either use a mirror and a flash light or the braille method and locate the light sockets. They snap into the back of the dash panel. The top of the dash does not come off as in a modern car and the instrument cluster is held into the dash panel by fasteners the need to be undone behind the dash.  

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All automotive including antique and collectible. However if the car has been modified I can only answer in general terms and maybe get you pointed in the right direction.

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Automotive tech instructor. Syndicated auto columnist 1970's though the early 1990's. Syndicated auto radio talk show, Ask Brad About cars, CBS Radio 70's through 90's TV Show "Last Chance Garage" 1980's PBS-TV syndicated. Auto instructor for the following companies: Fram Autolyte Holly Carter AMF Ford Motor University Of Conn Blue Hills Technical School Sugar River Technical Center Grew up in a family garage in Needham Mass and turned wrenches from the age of 14.

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Manchester Union Leader, Nashua Telegraph, Motor Service Magazine, Yankee Magazine, Popular Mechanics (Saturday Mechanic early 80's), Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and lots more.

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More than I care to remember. Basically Franklin Technical Institute in Boston, Northeastern University, Fitchburg State Teachers College, Tufts University, and a lot of factory schools along the way.

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Moto Award winner. And much more.

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