din slot storage tub on MN GLR

[patrolus]

hey guys
just trying to install my uhf and scangauge in the empty din slot in the glr mn triton.
(storage compartment underneath the heating control knobs and above the cig lighter.)
looks like the best spot for the uhf, problem is that i can't get the bloody thing out?!? (at least not without breaking anything.)
when looking up from the footwell it doesn't look like it is NOT held by screws, but before i start breaking stuff i might wait a while and see if anyone has actually removed the storage thingydybob before??!!

great-full for any advice

[NowForThe5th]

Click on "Search", above right.
Type "din slot"
Click on Search
Click on 4th topic down "Spare Din Slot"

[patrolus]

thx mate. i did search and i did read the instructions before as well....

[Cowboy Dave]

There was another thread a week or 3 ago about precisely this issue. Maybe a slightly different model spec but it was the same DIN slot I'm sure. There was also a thread the other day where Nowforthe5th posted an exploded diagram out of one of the manuals showing how to remove the two dash panels, one below the heater controls and one above (and including). If you can't find it post on here and I can do a search. Also if it turns out that 5th's post was about the ML I can find the equivalent diagram for the MN. I remember it so well because I jokingly asked if Chris could do housecalls and in response he typed up a very detailed step by step that made me realise how out of my depth I was last time I started pulling bits off my truck.

[Cowboy Dave]

Bugger, Chris beat me to it.

[Cowboy Dave]

here's the other one with the diagram etc

http://www.newtriton.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=5926&p=95775&hilit=housecalls#p95713

[NowForThe5th]

http://www.newtriton.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=5804&p=93833&hilit=din+slot#p93833

http://www.newtriton.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=5926

[patrolus]

THAAAANKS!
u guys are better than roadside assistance

i actually found the one with the diagram , it's for the ml though and i am bloody scared to pull the whole thing apart just to get to the din slot....
guess i ll do a quick run to the shops and get one of those clip remover tools......the screwdriver i am using is already turning my new dash into a piece of artwork.......

[Cowboy Dave]

Here's part of one for the MN. Will have to wait til I get home to find anything like what Chris had for the ML.

Dashbits.JPG

[Cowboy Dave]

here we go this stuff is more like it:

exploded dash with clip details.jpg

clip details for dash area.JPG

[Cowboy Dave]

oh and mods there are now maybe 3 threads about this that could be merged into one?

[fridgie]

Cowboy Dave...saddles up and rides in to save the day again

[NowForThe5th]

Cowboy Dave...saddles up and rides in to save the day again

Yerp, he sho can ride dem hosses and print dem dar deeagrams. But what does they mean?

[fridgie]

ize dawnt nows whats dey meens burt dey sures are purdy

[NowForThe5th]

Congrats Fridgie 1000

[patrolus]

thx cowboy!
will try my luck today (again) and see how many clips will survive.....

[Try-it-on]

I know I've made the right choice leaving stuff inside the dash panels to the experts when I looked at those diagrams and came away none-the-wiser about how to remove anything.
I guess if I can't even understand the diagram, then it's probably a good thing that I not try doing the actual work.

[patrolus]

oh oh aua.
tio, u r right mate.
half way there but the rest
i am just too bloody scared to try my luck with these big clips (that don't want to give their secret away how to unlock em....) plus the amount of shit that they tucked away behind the dash is ..well..."disturbing" , "overwhelming", "annoying", #AAARRRGGGGHHHH#
guess i ll try and leave the bloody din slot compartment in there, drill a hole in the back of it and just feed my wires for the uhf and scangauge through the hole. and then somehow glue it all in
i just hate that kind a stuff. hangin head down in the footwell knowing every hasty move will cause $800 damage....... hopefully i will find the patience to finish it all today and then we can look forward to the "real" stuff, something that requires heavy tools and not eagle eyes,doin a handstand,holding a torch, whilst wearing satin gloves, only to realize u scratched the sh... out of the bloody plastic anyway..... .....

off to get the big drill out