Re: dashboard falling apart

On Sun, 18 Dec 2005, billccm wrote:

I went to replace the #74 bulbs in the AC control in my 1991 LeBaron. Easy job, I thought, until I removed the center fascia. The dashboard's mounts are disintegrating! The radio is being held by two threads of plastic, and when I went to turn the screws on the AC control's mount, plastic went flying.

These cars' interiors are held together by a unique philips-head screw, black in colour, which can reasonably be referred to as "K-car screws". They work fine and tend to hold things together durably, but it sounds like in your case someone was in there havin' too much fun with a power screwdriver, and stripped or almost-stripped a lot of the screws. Go get screws with a slightly larger shank -- not too much larger -- and you should be able to put everything back together securely.

This car has been Honda reliable since new 

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