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Old 10-02-2022, 02:24 PM
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Default 68 dash knob help

I’m having trouble removing wiper knob bezel and cig lighter container insert.

What’s the trick?

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Old 10-02-2022, 03:48 PM
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uput you hand behind the dash to the switch, and rotate that back-n-forth, while using a small screwdriver to keep the slotted ferrule.

Make a slotted ferrule tool from a 3/8 (or so) steel line.

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Old 10-02-2022, 09:12 PM
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I ended up figuring it out.

My knob kit came with a lighter bezel. However the bezel doesn’t make sense though unless the lighter container is wrong in there. I don’t see how I’d use it.

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Old 10-03-2022, 10:11 PM
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68 A & B models used a soft aluminum ferrule around the lighter. Not reproduced and comes up occasionally on ebay.
The "LIGHTER" bezel included in the kits are for 69-72 A bodies

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Old 10-03-2022, 11:59 PM
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Oh ok. So my lighter is correct then.

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Old 10-04-2022, 09:30 AM
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Aluminum ring was a "theory" to spread the Heat better.
....yet we all use the "Lighter" bezel, and toss the plain aluminum bezel. A matter of taste you know.

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Old 10-04-2022, 03:04 PM
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I actually didn’t even notice a difference until I realized I didn’t know how to use that bezel in the kit.
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Pretty sure the lighter bezel thing has been covered before and it is determined by which lighter you have, rochester or casco.

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