instrument housing repair

[Bill Conquest]

Quite awhile back someone posted a repair made on a broken  rubber instrument housing that looked good.. it was broken right at the narrow spot on the side - same as mine - any idea where that post is, I can't find it.. or does anyone have an idea on this? What glue would work? Thanks, Bill Conquest

[Bob_Roller]

I can't link to the page, but if you go back 9 pages in this section, it's under the heading dash panel, started by Dav, 07/11/09 .

[nhmaf]

Here ya go!  (I think)..


http://www.bmwr65.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1247313327

[Bob_Roller]

Yeah, that's the one, thanks !!!

Has anyone found an adhesive that will melt the rubber/plastic material that this panel is made of  ?

The '84 LS panel needs a repair done to it .

[Barry]

Mine looks perfect from the outside but when I take it off I can see it has started to split from underneath.

I guess NOW is the time to carry out a repair/reinforcement

[Bill Conquest]

Thanks alot for the help, everyone.. i'm fixing this while re-building my brake m. cylinder, since its all apart. Sounds like this is a common thing to happen & new housings are expensive! I'm still wondering about what adhesives to use..
Bill Conquest

[bruce_launceston]

I plastic welded mine from the back with a soldering iron and have reinforced it with araldite epoxy.

[Bill Conquest]

Well, i've embarked on a repair using aquaseal & dowels to fix this - the dowels are used as in a cabinet face frame joinery fashion, difficult because there isn't much thickness to deal with, but it seemed to work. Aquaseal is a product used to glue rubber type stuff - wetsuits etc. I use it to fix kite bladders( kitesurfing) & it works well. It will be interesting to see if & how long it works for, will report back!
Bill Conquest

[dav]

Well, i've embarked on a repair using aquaseal & dowels to fix this - the dowels are used as in a cabinet face frame joinery fashion, difficult because there isn't much thickness to deal with, but it seemed to work. Aquaseal is a product used to glue rubber type stuff - wetsuits etc. I use it to fix kite bladders( kitesurfing) & it works well. It will be interesting to see if & how long it works for, will report back!
Bill Conquest

hope it works for you mate, still have't got around to do mine yet, but i'll get there oneday, what day month year that will be i dont know ......it'll be good to hear how yours turns out [smiley=bmw_smiley.gif]

[Bill Conquest]

I'll let you know how it goes together, & see how long it lasts!