Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 18:18:06 +0000 From: Grunff <grunffnopsam.com> Subject: Re: Instrument Panel Removal '87 900S
Jeff Bailey wrote: > There are 4 long bolts ( in my case 3, or even more precisely 2 1/2), that > need to be removed to remove the instrument panel. My problem is that 1/2 > bolt. The head of the bolt is missing, and at somepoint before I owned the > car, the last person to have this panel out covered the whole with some > goopy stuff like roof tar. I got that all cleaned up, and I got a pair of > vise grips on the end of the bolt, but it just spins, and won't come out. > Any ideas? If you mean you're gripping the bolt well, but it spins without unscrewing, then it's because the steel nut insert in the top of the dash has broken free and is spinning. There's no easy answer - you're probably going to end up breaking something while removing the dash. Which bolt is it? If it's one of the end ones, you can usually get enough access to cut it. Something else to try is to grip the bolt *really hard* with your grips, then pull down hard while turning. This can provide the insert with enough grip to allow you to unscrew the bolt. -- Grunff