91 SC dash problems

At some point in it's life the bonding around the dash has been pulled apart around the radio behind the trim panel. Has anybody else come across this? If you have, what did you do to fix it? I was thinking of using rivets. I have added pictures below.

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I would use some type of plastic bonding agent and pop rivet to hold until the agent has set up. It would probably help to know the type plastic we are dealing with. This is probably going to take some research.

Jerry

Or you could replace it, I have one laying around that someone else said they wanted, but never got back to me about it.

What is required to replace it? Do you have to pull the dash out?

Plastics engineering background finally comes in handy!

The material is ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene), and responds VERY well to a solvent-type adhesive (think liquid model airplane glue). Previous poster is absolutely correct; use solvent glue and a couple of flush-head rivets as mechanical fixturing until the parts bond. Should be better than new.

You can leave the dash in place to fix this, just make sure you use a drop cloth of some sort under the work. I'd also mask off the panels directly below the site. You're using SOLVENT adhesive, so you can't wipe it off fast enough to prevent an ugly blemish on the console top, etc. if you drip any.

Good Luck,

JD