Friends, anyone know what type of plastic the instrument cluster bezel is made out of? The light green part that the gauges screw to. Mine is cracked around one of the mounting screws and I'm wondering about cement vs epoxy.
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Snow Descent
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Instrument cluster plastic
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Re: IYear, model? nstrument cluster plastic
Year, model? Changes over the years.
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Maine beekeeper's truck: '77 J10 LWB, 258/T15/D20/3.54 bone stock, low options (delete radio), PS/PDB, hubcaps.
Browless and proud: '82 J20 360/T18/NP208/3.73, Destination A/Ts, 7600 GVWR
Copper Polly: '75 CJ-6, 304/T15, PS, BFG KM2s, soft top
GTI without the badges: '95 VW Golf Sport 2000cc 2D
Dual Everything: '15 Chryco Jeep Cherokee KL Trailhawk, ECO Green
Blockchain the vote.
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Snow Descent
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Re: Instrument cluster plastic
Sorry 79 wagon
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67GMC
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Re: Instrument cluster plastic
I would just be guessing but I would say acrylic for the type of plastic if you mean the see-through circular disks covering the gauge. I think the black plastic parts that surround the light bulbs are ABS but not sure. Just going by colour, texture and hardness.
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1984 Jeep Grand Wagoneer, 360 V8, Auto, SelecTrac
1987 Jeep Cherokee (XJ), 4.0L I6, Auto, Selectrac
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Snow Descent
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Re: Instrument cluster plastic
I'm interested in the big injection molded part, not the lenses. ABS would be my guess since I know it's used widely, doesn't seem like a polyethylene, PVC or PP. If it's ABS, I could use cement to glue the little bolt boss back on the back. I'm kinda thinking some plastic epoxy would be good though, to build it up a little. Tough fix, the mounting screw has broken a hole the size of the head through the face of the bezel.
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Check www.plastex.net they have a great plastic repair systemSnow Descent wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:48 pm I'm interested in the big injection molded part, not the lenses. ABS would be my guess since I know it's used widely, doesn't seem like a polyethylene, PVC or PP. If it's ABS, I could use cement to glue the little bolt boss back on the back. I'm kinda thinking some plastic epoxy would be good though, to build it up a little. Tough fix, the mounting screw has broken a hole the size of the head through the face of the bezel.
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Re: Instrument cluster plastic
Check out www.plastex.net they have a great plastic repair system for all plastics
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Check out www.plastex.net they have a great repair system for all plastics to include molding missing pieces
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Re: Instrument cluster plastic
Oh-Sorry-I misunderstood. I would think ABS.
My Stable:
1984 Jeep Grand Wagoneer, 360 V8, Auto, SelecTrac
1987 Jeep Cherokee (XJ), 4.0L I6, Auto, Selectrac
And a few more....
1984 Jeep Grand Wagoneer, 360 V8, Auto, SelecTrac
1987 Jeep Cherokee (XJ), 4.0L I6, Auto, Selectrac
And a few more....
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Snow Descent
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Re: Instrument cluster plastic
Just to close this up I ended up using JB Weld 50132 epoxy. I have not screwed it back in yet, but it does seem to have bonded the pieces pretty well.
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