Replacing dash panel

[scubscout53]

I posted previously about my cracked dash panel (the section just below the front windshield).
I didn’t have success trying to glue this so I have found on LMC trucks a replacement panel. Has anyone ever tried to replace this panel? It looks like it could be like trying to peel an onion to get it off but maybe it’s not as difficult as it looks.
It does have the aftermarket bracket that Ford introduced, but the ***** was loose so it wasn’t offering support.

 

[Tiha]

It isn't hard, but it is very time consuming to replace that panel.

Don't know how else to describe it. Just have to jump in and start pulling screws and try not to lose any.

Not fun, not quick and easy.

 

[Jimbo26]

Yep, basically pulling the dash.
Large effort but worth it once done.
Gives a opportunity to debug anything else under there, like a sticky heater control cable, etc.
If I recall right, at one time FoMoCo supplied a reinforcement bracket to go under the right side to help resolve that issue, because that side was weak to begin with.
Cheesy material.
That concern should have been eliminated in the proof testing stage.
Another one of those 'better ideas' handed to us by bean-counter engineering.

 

[scubscout53]

Yep, basically pulling the dash.
Large effort but worth it once done.
Gives a opportunity to debug anything else under there, like a sticky heater control cable, etc.
If I recall right, at one time FoMoCo supplied a reinforcement bracket to go under the right side to help resolve that issue, because that side was weak to begin with.
Cheesy material.
That concern should have been eliminated in the proof testing stage.
Another one of those 'better ideas' handed to us by bean-counter engineering.

Mine has that bracket, but the ***** apparently had come loose and I wasn’t aware it was there so it wasn’t checked.

 

[Jimbo26]

Hmm
That sucks.
Green loctite next time around.
My 250 has suffered from that same issue for 25 years now, but never split like yours has. Acquired the repair brace under a TSB, put it on a shelf and lost track of it. Too busy fixing stuff for everybody else & making a living.
One of these days ill run across it again.

Time!

 

[Jimbo26]

Mine has that bracket, but the ***** apparently had come loose and I wasn’t aware it was there so it wasn’t checked.

That looks like a good instructable. Enjoy.