Removing instrument cluster

[Polishmeatballpizza]

Seems to be something holding it in. Can't tell what it is.  Speedometer is disconnected.

[Polishmeatballpizza]

I got it.

Do these knobs come off just by pulliing?

[elagache]

Dear George and mid-60s Buick jigsaw puzzle fans,

Seems to be something holing it in. Can't tell what it is.  Speedometer is disconnected.

One of these days I should post these photos on this forum, but years ago I posted photos of the speedometer cluster on V-8 Buick:

http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?271790-Photos-of-a-1964-65-Speedometer-and-radio-bezel-cluster-assembly

This may help you see how the parts fit together.

Cheers, Edouard

[Polishmeatballpizza]

Dear George and mid-60s Buick jigsaw puzzle fans,

Seems to be something holing it in. Can't tell what it is.  Speedometer is disconnected.

One of these days I should post these photos on this forum, but years ago I posted photos of the speedometer cluster on V-8 Buick:

http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?271790-Photos-of-a-1964-65-Speedometer-and-radio-bezel-cluster-assembly

This may help you see how the parts fit together.

Cheers, Edouard

Wow! That is nice!
I'll post some pics of mine...

[Polishmeatballpizza]

more...

[elagache]

Dear George and mid-60s Buick jigsaw puzzle fans,

Wow! That is nice!

Well, my trusty wagon was garage kept most of her life and that make restoring her dash much easier.

I'll post some pics of mine...

Hmm, I can see that you have your work cut out for you!  I repainted some of the dash components but I did it using the hobby paints I was used to from my model railroad.  So this may come back to haunt me.  I'm sure some of the other guys around here have better choices if you need repaint anything.

Have you given any thought to what you want for a steering wheel?  That isn't the original 1965 wheel, but the originals are difficult to restore.  Once more here is the place for advice on that.

Cheers, Edouard

[Polishmeatballpizza]

I definitely want to find an original steering wheel.

Those knobs are hard to pull off. I think I need something like a dent puller to get it off.

Are there any tricks to removing the knobs? Do they just pull-off?

[elagache]

Dear George and mid-60s Buick caregivers,

I definitely want to find an original steering wheel.

You can find them but the both the wheel and horn bar are difficult to restore.  There are outfits can put a new coating on the plastic part of the wheel.  The horn bar is what made me give up.  It is a fancy chrome part and the chrome is usually badly pitted.  I couldn't find a way to restore that.  However, if it can be done, somebody on this forum will know how.

Those knobs are hard to pull off. I think I need something like a dent puller to get it off.

Are there any tricks to removing the knobs? Do they just pull-off?

The headlight switch knob is a standard GM design of the time.  There is a button on the headlight switch that you press to release the knob.  If you can figure that one out, do a search on You-Tube.  There is a video on how to remove it.

Windshield wiper knob has a set screw.

The cigarette lighter knob is molded into the housing for the heating element.  It should just slide out under it got jammed from years of sitting around.

I hope that helps, Edouard