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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: beast5680 on December 18, 2004, 17:53:56

Title: clock in the dash 300tdi
Post by: beast5680 on December 18, 2004, 17:53:56

right having spent half hour trying to get the clock out of the dash i,m starting to lose my rag with it :evil:
haynes book says and i quote" reach round and unclip lower clip and slide out clock, cant find clip even if i could fit my hand in there under the dash, it will not come out no how and removing the switches underneath is of no help unless i remove and unscrew the cupholder bit that it is part of

Help!!!

Title: clock in the dash 300tdi
Post by: oakeedokee on December 18, 2004, 19:07:24

get two credit cards, insert one above the clock and one below. The idea is that you push in the two tabs (one above , one below) that hold the clock in place with the credit cards and then pull the whole thing , credit cards and clock, towards you. Should take about 30 seconds!

Title: disco clocks
Post by: daveh on December 18, 2004, 20:50:47

Taking it out is the easy bit. It took me 5 attemts to rebuild mine so that the display worked, all I wanted to do was change the bulb. Unfortunately track was damaged so had to take it apart

Title: clock in the dash 300tdi
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on December 18, 2004, 23:34:23

Mine was kaput when I bought my Discovery.
Eventually decide to 'upgrade' & bought the soft-dash Range Rover 'Classic' analogue clock.

Looks far better.

But on the original point, they are a complete swine to remove. I took several attempts

Title: clock in the dash 300tdi
Post by: POTASH on December 18, 2004, 23:58:18

very nice richard 8)

Title: clock in the dash 300tdi
Post by: karloss on December 19, 2004, 04:15:41

I could be wrong here (Iknow, I know, I usually am) they used to fit the same clock in the old shape Astra and cavilier. Even the same surround.

Title: clock in the dash 300tdi
Post by: MUSKIE on December 19, 2004, 12:02:11

i remember doing mine in halfords carpark, what a pig, i got all agressive with it and it just popped out with a screwdriver.

Title: clock in the dash 300tdi
Post by: beast5680 on December 19, 2004, 12:27:53

Oakeedokee top tip =D>  =D>  =D>
came out no probs all of 30 seconds to change the bulb ooo when i think of the trouble i had yesterday :evil:

i found it easier to slip in one corner first then slide it sideways and push the cards in then roberts your dads brother! out it comes

Title: clock in the dash 300tdi
Post by: datalas on December 19, 2004, 13:31:35

/me strains...

Damn..  can't make out any numbers on those credit cards...

looks like I'm in for a cheap christmas again :(

Title: clock in the dash 300tdi
Post by: beast5680 on December 19, 2004, 13:56:24

you,d not get much with a shell plus points card and a library card methinks [-X

Title: clock in the dash 300tdi
Post by: oakeedokee on December 19, 2004, 17:38:43

Glad you got it sorted. I must give credit for that tip to LRE forum though! Makes up for some bad advice I gave about changing a starter motor on a Defender..... :oops:

Title: clock in the dash 300tdi
Post by: pritch on December 19, 2004, 18:02:43

Doesn't really help you, but on my 200TDi, the clock falls out if you just touch it in the wrong place.

Great British build quality, there.