RE: ihc-digest V6 #269

["Rick Lund-Pedersen" <thing@domain.elided>]

> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 09:02:47 -0500
> From: "Alan St. John" <astjohn@domain.elided>
> Subject: Strange Opening in/under Dash
>
> Despite Mother Nature's failure to cooperate I've been making
> some progress
> on L'il Boy Blue (as I've dubbed him).  Monday night I used Tal-Strip (tm)
> to remove the old finish (yes there still was some) from my new (ahem)
> dashboard.  Upon doing so I noticed a strange rectangular hole below the
> radio opening in the dash: it is about 4"x1" (roughly! - tape measure
> missing) and mounting holes on each side (2 total).  Anybody know
> what this
> hole is for - mebbe a map light?  (Dash is from another '68 Scout 800.)
>
> Also, just FYI: In the last 3 weeks I've managed to install 4 new shocks,
> rebuild one of the rear wheel cylinders (left side won't come off, dern it
> - - help!) and redo the major ignition items (coil, plugs, wiring
> all the way
> to the battery etc.).  I would have done more but the pesky urbanites that
> surround me open windows and holler at me when I work after
> midnight <grr>.
>  :-)  Also, I've replaced the radiator with a recore and done a complete
> flush/fill/flush/fill job.  Fun, fun, fun.
>
> Alan St. John
> '68 Scout 800, "L'il Boy Blue"
>
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I think that opening might be for the heater controls.

Rick