Washers between dash and mountings.

[JohnMorin]

Hi

When I removed the dash from my S4 to replace it with a new one I found washers of varying thickness between the dash and the mounting holes. Are there supposed to be washer there? I have good reason to believe that the dash has been out before as a PO had fitted an electric ariel and aftermarket hazard warning lights and butchered the wiring in the process!!

Thanks

John

[elanfan1]

My recollection is fibre washers. Pretty sure if you buy new chrome bolts they come with them.

[marklowe]

Hi John,

I believe that the washers were used as packings, so that the dash was flat when the screws were tight.

Mark

[JohnMorin]

Hi

I do mean behind the dash not under the screw heads. I did wonder whether they were packing. Looks like I have a fiddly job working out washer thicknesses, any tips anyone?

Thanks

John

[elanner]

My dash has packing washers behind the dash. I put it down to, err, variations in S4 body molding as with door fit, etc. I'll bet S2 don't have the problem!

Next time I remove the dash I think I might spend the time to re-glass the bobbins so that washers aren't needed - in my case it's just the top two that would need attention.

I figured out the washer thickness by trial and error. It was indeed fiddly. I guess you could squeeze some putty in a trial fitting and then measure the result.

Nick