How to remove buttons from console/dash
 

I bought a new black trim face plate (the one that goes around the radio,etc.) that replaces the plastic one. My question is how does the power seat, air/sea temp, and sundeck switch come off. They have to be removed to get on the new plate. Do they just pop off or does the entire switch pull out. I really don't want to use force (you know the old saying don't force it) and with them being sixteen years old and all. Please let me know if there is a trick so I can get this crap finished. Thanks

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Thanks. Been working all day on the boat and it will just have to wait until tomorrow. Few more weeks and back to the lake I go. Thanks again.

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Just replaced the plastic trim piece around the radio with a steel one I got from a member on this site. It looks great. If you ever have to remove all the switches you better get a camera and a note pad. I have never seen so many wires going from one place to another. Rather intimidating but its done.

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Did you have any issue putting the Water / Air Temp LED in the new one? How did you go about that..

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It was glued onto the old plastic trim piece and I just took a small wood chisel and lightly tapped under the glue and it popped right off. Just take your time so when it pops off the screw head is still attached. Just reglued it onto the new metal trim piece with Loctite.

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That's odd, mine had 4 screw bolts and had plasic nuts on them.. I ended up breaking it away from the old 4 attach points and then turned the screw bolts around.. So will loctite adhere the plastif face to the new metal face plate ? What loctite did you use ?

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Let me try this again. It has four bolts that it is attached to. The bolt heads are glued onto the plastic trim piece. I removed the trim piece after disconnecting everything and the display was still attached. I removed the nuts and slid the display (glass and led screen) off and all that remained was the four bolts that were glued onto the face plate. I removed the bolts from the glue like I mentioned with a very narrow chisel. I then took the bolts off put the display back together and draw an outline around it on the new faceplate with a sharpie. That ensured that it was centered. I then placed Loctite on the bolts and let it dry for several hours. I hope that is more detailed. I did so much to the stereo and boat yesterday my mind is not all that great. I can send you a pic of the new plate with the led attached if you would like...just let me know your email as I am not familiar with posting thumbnails on this site yet.