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Repair of "center upper panel box" 66062FC520OE

Started by phatline , Jun 05 2006 06:59 PM

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#1 phatline

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Posted 05 June 2006 - 06:59 PM

Hi,

I've already made great use of these forums by fixing my clock (5 minutes soldering instead of buying a $64 part!).

My "center upper panel box" (i.e., the little center dash compartment) had a broken hinge. I opened it up and was able to repair what seems to be a shoddily-designed $110 part that I'm sure has failed for other folks. My repair is holding so I thought I should pass on the info. This is what we're talking about:

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Basically the screws of the lid hinge stripped out (and crakced open) their mounting holes on the backside of the bin. To repair, I cleaned and sanded the plastic, then applied $3 of QuikPlastik (plastic epoxy) in a heaping mound over each mount, and gingerly screwed the hinge plate back on while the epoxy was still soft (see photo).

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