What to replace during dash swap

[ButtJuice]

So I have a crack-less dash and plan on swapping it within a month, I've done this before and don't plan on doing it for a 3rd time. I'm curious as to what would be a good idea to replace while the dash is out that would normally be difficult/impossible to do with it in.


Thanks in advance for advice/comments.

[kway]

Heater core, heater valve, A/C evaporator & expansion valve. Although those aren't impossible or really all that difficult with the dash in place, and in fact I've swapped dashes without removing the center console, so in that case It would be some additional work to get to them (minor of course).

Other than that, I dunno, recirc actuator motors? Never seen em go bad though. SI batteries/odometer gears since you'll have the cluster out anyway? All kinds of things you could list, but I wouldn't worry about doing anything additional while I was in there, personally.

[getouth]

^^ x2

[agent]

The foam gasket between the blower and the dash. Details in Klaus' build thread.

[jlevie]

I'll add to replace every bulb and the light bar in the OBC (if the car has that).

[smerfs]

As mentioned above, I'm planning on just doing a heater core and the foam gasket for the blower. Only reason I'm really doing this is because I bought the car as a shell so just replacing whatever is broken...shouldn't be much reason to do anything else since it's all somewhat easy to reach

[mrgraphics]

Clean up the wiring while you're there. Usually what is above the break and around the stereo has been molested so much over the years, and nice cleanup goes a long way.