Dash removal trouble

[John_parkeriv]

Hey Y'all,

Previous owner (around the mid 80's) figured he'd never need to remove the dash and simply painted over the upper dash screws. I "can" cut them off worst case, but I wanna see if there are any hood tricks / tools for stuff like this.

Any ideas or am I grabbin' the die grinder?

TIA,

Parker

 

[Wild horse 75]

Handheld impact driver. Something like this: https://www.harborfreight.com/heavy-duty-impact-screwdriver-kit-9-piece-58151.html
i can’t speak to the quality of that particular one I just grabbed it to show you. I have a snap-on one that works gang busters.

 

[AZ73]

Pointy Exacto knife. I've found the paint doesn't really adhere that well in the drive and just chipping away will produce big chunks of paint coming off. Sometimes I start by just putting a Philips head tip in there and tapping it with a hammer will produce the same results.

 

[Speedrdr]

It’s time consuming, but you can take an Exacto knife and clean the paint out of the screw head. You will probably need an impact wrench to get them loosened but it will be easier to hold the bit in the screw head.

 

[Soylent]

Use a damaged screw removal tool. They cut right through that.