| |
Labor Day Putting down your wrenches or time for
MORE wrenching? 
Plenty of places to share. | | Click on image for the lowdown. 
====
| | |
0 members (),
49
guests, and
2
robots. | | Key: Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod | | | Forums66 Topics128,009 Posts1,055,293 Members48,419 | | Most Online14,466
Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks  Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
Lots of work on Brad's part ... pure enjoyment (and references) for you!
| | THANKS!
For helping keep this great
old truck web site
on the Internet for over 30 years! and not clogged down
with Ads!  Again, thanks!
| | | | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 72 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 72 | Need to pull the speedometer on my 65 so I can send it off for repair. So I took out the screws for the dash, but it doesn't seem to want to come out. Is there a trick to this? Am I just being too careful? Or is there something else I need to remove?  Any help is much appreciated, as I cant afford tickets I am guaranteed to receive if I dont know how fast I'm going. The new engine is much more than I really needed!  | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 843 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 843 | Have you disconnected the speedo cable and wiring at the back? | | | | | Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 100 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 100 | I am also trying to remove my instrument panel on my 65 c20, i have gotten it loose by removing the choke and ignition switch but i cant seem to find the way to remove the headlight and wiper knobs. any help would be very appreciated.
It's better to have it and not need it, then it is to need it and not have it. "Woodrow F. Call"
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 72 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 72 | I was actually hoping that it would allow me to get it out far enough to do the disconnecting without out taking some meat off my hands trying to do it from under the dash. Apparently will have offer a little flesh to the "Big Bolt in the sky" on this one.  | | | | | Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 100 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 100 | I finally got it removed. There were small set nuts on the control knobs for the wipers,choke, and headlights. I removed that nut, slipped the knob off then unscrewed the chrome plate holding the back of the knobs on and it came right off. The spedo cable was very easy to remove, it just had the one nut holding it on and i was able to hand loosen it. The only knob that did not work this way was the head light, i had to take the drimmel and cut it at the base of the knob to remove it. A new one is only 10 dollars at lmc.
It's better to have it and not need it, then it is to need it and not have it. "Woodrow F. Call"
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 321 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 321 | To remove the headlight knob, you should have reached up under the dash and felt on the switch. On the topside of the switch is a button. Push that little button down and you can pull the headlight knob, complete with the rod, out of the switch.
Don's 65 K10: Usually you can pull them forward a little to get a bit more space, but sometimes you can't. In this case you really may just have to bear down and offer up your pound of flesh.
1963 Chevy C20 Longbed Stepside
1978 Chevy K30 Custom Deluxe
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 72 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 72 | Will have to wait till I get back, I'm headed to Boise, ID for the weekend to visit the Wife's family. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 435 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 435 | I spent a week in Boise one night. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 72 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 72 | That must have been one WILD night. I've had a couple too many and lost a day or two, but a whole WEEK? We need to see  of a party that major! 
Last edited by Don's 65 K10; 03/31/2009 12:17 PM.
| | |
|
|
| |
