The damn squeal got FIXED today!
11-23-2009, 09:45 PM
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FWIW, my dash rattles like crazy, there's a real bad rattle right in front of me that drive's me nuts. I pulled the radio bezel...maybe the gauges too, can't remember, and drove it and found that one of the mounting tabs that are on the front of the dash (by the windshield) has broken off of the dash pad and the dash is rattling there. Looks like I'd need a new dash pad to fix it...so for now I'm living with it (not in the budget at the moment)
11-23-2009, 09:52 PM
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Ohhh, we're working on the next rattle now lol...
FWIW, my dash rattles like crazy, there's a real bad rattle right in front of me that drive's me nuts. I pulled the radio bezel...maybe the gauges too, can't remember, and drove it and found that one of the mounting tabs that are on the front of the dash (by the windshield) has broken off of the dash pad and the dash is rattling there. Looks like I'd need a new dash pad to fix it...so for now I'm living with it (not in the budget at the moment)
FWIW, my dash rattles like crazy, there's a real bad rattle right in front of me that drive's me nuts. I pulled the radio bezel...maybe the gauges too, can't remember, and drove it and found that one of the mounting tabs that are on the front of the dash (by the windshield) has broken off of the dash pad and the dash is rattling there. Looks like I'd need a new dash pad to fix it...so for now I'm living with it (not in the budget at the moment)
11-23-2009, 09:59 PM
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Yea, I've heard that pulling the dash pad is easy, I've read the step by step that I believe was posted in your thread...IIRC, I have something different though, the piece that I saw that was broken was the same color as the dash pad and appeared to be part of the dash pad, a kind of tab. It was a while ago when I looked at it though so I don't completely remember...are the dash pads the same on the 99-02 as the 03-07?
11-23-2009, 10:04 PM
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Sorry about hijacking your thread, but after looking at the pics in your other thread, I think that the part of my dash that is broken may be where that little bracket attaches....either way, I'm sure that I coud fix it with some epoxy. I'll get the trans in and get it on the road first before I go after that lol. Once I get rollin again I'll probably be searching for your other thread 
11-23-2009, 10:08 PM
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Lol no problem. It really only takes like 5 to 10 minutes to get it off. All you need is a philips screw driver and a 7mm socket. Just pull it, and epoxy it. Would take MAYBE an hour start to finish. I had a family birthday to go to so i let the epoxy dry while i was gone. Since it only takes like 15 minutes or less for epoxy to dry anyways, its a really short fix.
11-24-2009, 07:11 AM
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It's going to be a few weeks before I have a free weekend to get on it, but I think I'm definitely going to take care of it just for the heck of it...haven't done anything to my truck since the trans took a dump a year ago. Too bad that I won't be able to road test it to verify repair since the trans is broken and waiting to be pulled in lieu of an FLT Lvl7.
