My nearly perfect black 123 dash should be here tomorrow. Can't wait to see it. I know what I'm doing this weekend!

My interior will be nearly perfect. I need to find a under dash panel, one of the clips broke on my driver's side one and it hangs down.

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Where did you get it? Fleebay?

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'70 F100 shortbed
'82 Diesel Westy
'83 Euro 300TD
Curtlo Viper
Yeti ARC
Surly long haul trucker

Please post picts of the install for us noobs!!!

Found it on the MBCA forum.

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cant you still get new dashes from adsit or world upholstery or someplace too?

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Current Diesels:
1981 240D (73K)
1982 300CD (169k)
1985 190D (169k)
1991 350SD (116k)
1991 350SD (206k)
1991 300D (228k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (442k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (267k)

Past Diesels:
1983 300D (228K), 1985 300D (233K), 1993 300D 2.5T (338k), 1993 300SD (291k)

Looks like you can get several different chassis but not the 123. They have 107, 116, 126, 201, and some others. A new one for most of those was over $1500. And a used one was $500-$800. I wanted the reptile skin pattern to match my interior, and all the black ones that I've seen except this one have had the wood grain style pattern.

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Here are a few pics.
1 and 2 The cleaned up dash I'm putting in.
3 The old dash
4 Passenger side w/o the dash
5 Driver's side w/o the dash

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I did that 2 weeks ago.... It sucks.

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1981 300TD 4 speed manual
Euro bumpers, zender valance and skirts, H&R springs, billy HD's, leveled sls, real AMG Pentas 16x8 et11, vdo boost/egt gauges intergrated into ash tray, eurolights, led 3rd brake light

Drive it without the dash! What could go wrong?!!!!

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'70 F100 shortbed
'82 Diesel Westy
'83 Euro 300TD
Curtlo Viper
Yeti ARC
Surly long haul trucker

Battery disconnected? I think the screws on the headlight switch are hot. Easy to short something out - since there appears to be something dangerously close to the switch...

Battery's disconnected. Too many hot wires under there to leave it connected. The clock wire is always hot too. I fired a fuel/temp/oil pressure gauge that way.

Here are a few pics of the dash ready to go in, and a few after the install.

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How'd you get the glove box door to fit so well? Looks fantastic!

-J

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1991 350SDL. 230,000 miles (new motor @ 150,000). Blown head gasket

Tesla Model 3. 205,000 miles. Been to 48 states!
Past: A fleet of VW TDIs.... including a V10,a Dieselgate Passat, and 2 ECOdiesels.
2014 Cadillac ELR
2013 Fiat 500E.

If the dash is in good shape the glovebox lines up pretty well. I found that out after removing the warped dash and replacing the new one. There are also adjusting screws on the hinges. Too much torque or age/misuse will crack the plastic on the "cup tray" where the screw mounts up though. A rubber gasket for a faucet reinforced one of mine.

Thats actually the my original glovebox door. The one that came with the dash had a funny warped spot by one of the hinges. It take a little playing with. There is lots of adjustments that can be made. It probably took me an hour of tweaking to get it right.
There are two screw that hold each hinge to the dash that can by pulled out or push back, and a two nuts holding the door to the hinges that can be slide in or out. And you can adjust where the catch is bolted on to the glovebox, and the depth of the stops. I also had to slight bend the latch mechanism in the door.

Got a better pic today.

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Looks beautiful! How much did you pay?

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1983 Mercedes Benz 300SD - Wife calls him "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
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1983 Toyota Tercel (Tommy, The little Toyota that could)
1965 Ford F100 (Grandma Ford)
2005 Toyota Sienna (Elsa, Wife's ride)


Gone:
1988 Toyota Pickup
2004 Subaru Outback

1987 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham
1986 Volvo 740 GL Station Wagon - Piece of junk.
1981 Volvo 242 DL 2 Door - Hated to see it go. R.I.P.
1987 Pontiac Fiero GT