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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 12:07 PM
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When I bought my truck the plastic cowl housing the instruments was missing both of the screws in the bottom which hold it in place. Before you ask, yes, all of my instruments work, none of the lights are secretly smashed inside.
Can anyone give me a part number or a size for the screws? I couldn't find any specs on them in RAVE and I wiggled the housing today and decided I need to do something about it.
 
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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 01:29 PM
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Are you sure they are missing? A lot of times, the plastic breaks, and the screw heads pull through, but they are still there, behind the hood, still inside the clips they screw into. What I've seen some people do is replace the screws with longer sheet metal screw or wood screws or whatever, and place a small washer so they don't pull through. They won't be recessed anymore.... but it's cheaper than buying a new hood for you gauge cluster. Anyway, for part numbers, I recommend Çàï÷àñòè äëÿ Land Rover
But I think any old screw from lowes should work.
 
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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 07:16 PM
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I'm in the same boat. They either broke, were never there, or I forgot to replace them when I pulled the hood to wire my driving lights. Replacing them is on my to-do list, but pretty far down. The gauge hood makes a few noises once in a great while, but I figure as long as I don't invert the Landy, it's not coming off, and if that happens, I have much more to worry about.
 
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Old Jun 10, 2011 | 12:22 PM
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Yep, took a better look, the little flanges the screws go into have broken off. I'll try to find some long screws with washers then, I'm tired of this thing wiggling around and making creaking sounds :P
 
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