Mac - Cheers, your advice is always welcome.
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Making a mess of the dash...
Whilst I liked the view of the oil pressure gauge from the front.
I knew I was never going to be happy with the way it sat proud of the dash compared to all the other dials.
But as I said yesterday, I want to do the best job I can, so it the dial needed to be "sunk".
So I marked up the edge of the dial.
Then set up my drill so it wouldn't go down too far.
Unfortunately, the wooden drill bit didn't really work and I had to use a metal one instead.
I also used a craft knife, but to be honest the result was a bit of a dog's dinner.
Because although the gauge looked good from this angle.
It was a bit of a mess from this one.
So I wrapped up the gauge and put some wood filler into the gaps.
Not sure if this will work, or not, but I'll give it a go and see what happens.
Other Jobs
I got some fibreglass filler on the welding I did over the surplus bulkhead holes.
There were three other areas that I needed to patch up as well.
Then I painted the two heater control value brackets and the steering column cover.
While I had the paint out, I covered all the remaining parts of the bulkhead, apart from the areas with filler applied.
So once the filler is sanded down and painted, the bulkhead will finally be the same colour all over.
Cheers, Paul.
