'96 D1 Dash coming apart

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Author Message   Barto de Koning (Bart) New Member Username: Bart Post Number: 10 Registered: 12-2003 Posted on Friday, April 16, 2004 - 12:01 am:    I am looking at buying a '96 V8 Disco with only 60000miles on the clock. The only problem is that the dash section in front of the driver over the instruments has pulled loose from the rest of the dash. Is it a major mission to repair this? Really don't want to pass this vehicle up because it is exactly what I want. Any help will be aprreciated.   Timothy A. Ballard (Tballard) New Member Username: Tballard Post Number: 1 Registered: 01-2004 Posted on Friday, April 16, 2004 - 12:34 am:    This happened to my '96 at about the same time. I simply added a bracket and a screw at the bottom of the cluster to re-attach it to the dash. Repair couldn't be easier. I would definitely go for it. My '96 was going strong when I sold it with 95,000.   Felix Gumbiner (Felixthecat) Member Username: Felixthecat Post Number: 141 Registered: 02-2004 Posted on Friday, April 16, 2004 - 12:56 am:    I have a '96 and my dash is beginning to rattle something fierce. Welcome to the Rover world   Lance Cowley (Duckhunter) New Member Username: Duckhunter Post Number: 36 Registered: 01-2004 Posted on Friday, April 16, 2004 - 03:53 am:    Same car, same problem.... Welcome to our world,, it is part of the game, now you to are a land rover owner   Tom Fioretti (Tom_in_md) Member Username: Tom_in_md Post Number: 178 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Friday, April 16, 2004 - 06:48 am:    Search is your friend. http://www.roverconnection.com/Disco%20Acc%20Pix/rcdsh.htm I did a search in the archives and came up with this link. If this is the only problem you've found on this 96, great ! I love mine. Good luck with your new toy purchase.   Phil (Discoanywhere) Member Username: Discoanywhere Post Number: 217 Registered: 06-2003 Posted on Friday, April 16, 2004 - 08:05 am:    If its the peice around the gauges with the switches... There are only 2 screws holding it from the front and they break and pull through. Take it off ...you'll see from behind what has happened. You might be able to JB Weld some washers in there or possibly even a glue gun will work. Or find screws with bigger heads that will fit.   Andrew Homan (Andy) Member Username: Andy Post Number: 74 Registered: 01-2004 Posted on Friday, April 16, 2004 - 10:42 pm:    Easy fix, it was the first thing I did on my 95. Just got some bigger screws and used them. Nothing else was broken so it was easy. I'm lucky it doesn't rattle (not yet) Enjoy! Cheers Andy