Center Console Replacement
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slflynt
- Posts: 4
- Joined: Mon Sep 02, 2013 2:03 pm
- Your car is a: 1980 Spider FI
Center Console Replacement
Hello, my center console has a lot of cracks, it really needs to be replaced. Can anyone tell me what's involved in this? For example does the shifter plate have to be removed? Or the 3 way heater switch? This is a 1980 FI manual transmission model. TIA!
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bobplyler
- Patron 2022
- Posts: 823
- Joined: Sat Jan 30, 2010 7:58 pm
- Your car is a: 1979 spider 2000
- Location: Charlotte, NC
Re: Center Console Replacement
1979 Fiat Spider (since new)
2005 Lincoln LS (the wife's car)
2003 Chevrolet Cavalier (daily driver)
1999 Honda Shadow VLX 600
1972 Grumman Traveller 5895L (long gone).
2005 Lincoln LS (the wife's car)
2003 Chevrolet Cavalier (daily driver)
1999 Honda Shadow VLX 600
1972 Grumman Traveller 5895L (long gone).
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rridge
- Posts: 162
- Joined: Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:59 am
- Your car is a: 1981 Turbo Spider
Re: Center Console Replacement
You may find that the shifter plate, the steel plate with laminated "wood" covering is reluctant to release from the lower console. The metal posts on its underside that press into plastic bushings become firmly attached after 40 years or so. Don't force the issue. The console can come out with it still in place if the upper console is free to move as the video illustrates. The fan switch can be lifted out of its console socket and unplugged at the back beforehand.