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[karl & his cooper]

Hello all!

Carried out a test fit on my partially complete dash and realised I cant read the clocks to well because there well flat and not angled!!! Anyways this can be overcome because I want to be able to comfortably read them!

Thanks
Karl

[taffy1967]

Lowered steering column bracket should help. Just make sure you undo the steering rack U-Bolts when you do lower it and then tighten them back up. Otherwise you'll be putting too much pressure on the splines and they'll then fail in no time.

[karl & his cooper]

thats already been done though...was fine before its only changed because the angle of the clocks has changed! I duno a way around it though.

[Big_Adam]

Get a bit of guttering down pipe same size as the clocks. Slash cut that to whatever angle you need and mount the clocks on the end of that. Then into the dash. If you get what I mean.

[taffy1967]

What clocks are you fitting? If they are the Clubman/1275GT style instruments, then you could use the mounting pod/cage they originally came with and line that up to the rear of you're dash. They'd be facing up at you then, but you'd probably have a noticible gap at their top edges?

Edited by taffy1967, 20 February 2007 - 07:27 PM.

[mini_mad_rich]

hi, i had the same problem but i spoke to sum one that had one fitted, if yours is the flat mdf like mine, then you need to cut the indicator tube down to sit flash with the dials, the screw the dials into the mdf (bottom screws first) then screw the top screws in but dont screw them in completly, then they should sit right so you can see them.
kind regards
Richard
Hope this helps.

[Minwah]

If you have dash rails, get rid of them and fix to the proper metal rails which are further back giving you more room. The standard 2/3 clocks are a squeeze to fit in but should go (may need a smaller heater blower nozzle thing). This is my old Cooper, *sniff*:

Edit: can't get anything to upload at the mo

Edited by Minwah, 21 February 2007 - 06:45 PM.

[pogie]

Yep, I have the exact same problem with the dash I bought. It's a flat one-piece MDF jobbie that I've covered in vinyl to match the original top and bottom rails. If you look at the Rover wooden dashes as fitted to MPI Coopers and some of the more expensive after-market dashes, you will see that they have got around this problem by mounting the clocks to a separate piece of MDF/wood that is fitted to the front of the dash and is angled up towards the driver.

I had a look around the shows and managed get one of these pieces from a trader who had had a damaged dash returned. As the clocks will now be attached to this separate piece it means the clocks now have to pass through the dash so I will now have to cut a large hole in the original item that is big enough for the whole pod to pass through. I have the damaged dash to use as a template so it shouldn’t be too difficult but I have been putting it off (for 3 years) as I will have to strip the vinyl off the old dash, which in my infinite wisdom I stuck down with Evo-stick.

But on the other hand it would be nice to see where 70mph is on the speedo, so I really should get it done for the sake of my licence.