3D printed parts for my 1986 Transporter
I have an old van which I love. It is old and simple, but also well worn! Last year I removed the dash pod to repair the electronics and found that the instrument cluster was mostly made of plastic. Plastic that is now 35 years old and has been baked in the sun many times! All the critical mounting points are crumbling to dust. At the time I managed to bodge it back together with insulation tape, but recently the round instruments just fell off as there was nothing left to support them. So, it was time to take the pod out again to investigate. The VDO / Dash Pod: The complete unit removed from the dashboard From the top The images above show the unit out of the van. In the second picture, you can see a Clustermaster unit in the top right. The last time I took the unit out was to refurbish the electronics using the Clustermaster kit. You can see my pathetic effort to hold things together with tape here – now let’s look at the damage… The damage: The instrument has a back panel which is made of plastic. The critical points that hold it in place