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The dreaded dashboard windscreen gap strikes again

nigpdreadingfc

nigpdreadingfc

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For reasons best known only to me, I knocked the polariser filter off my dashcam and it fell down the passenger side of the dreaded gap between the dash and the windscreen .
What are the chances of being able to find it and to recover it? An easy job, or am I as well just leaving it where these things go to die?
I'm on the search to get the dashboard gap seal trim......... a great example of closing the stable door when the horse has bolted!

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If you know roughly where it fell, a single strand of twin n earth wire made into a hook you maybe lucky with some blind fishing.
 
I (my daughter) lost a pencil down there. The pencil was worthless, but I didnt' want to have rattling noise for the foreseeable future.

I've managed to pull it out using a big sheet of paper, folded in half, inserted it with the fold down, holding it by the open sides. So the sheet looks like a " V " shape and I 've used it to scoop the gap. Lot's of trying and adjusting, near successes.... but at the end it worked.
If I remember correct, I've also pushed down the sheet slightly so that the " V " becomes like a " U ", easier to scoop things.

Good Luck!
 
Calimili said:
I (my daughter) lost a pencil down there. The pencil was worthless, but I didnt' want to have rattling noise for the foreseeable future.

I've managed to pull it out using a big sheet of paper, folded in half, inserted it with the fold down, holding it by the open sides. So the sheet looks like a " V " shape and I 've used it to scoop the gap. Lot's of trying and adjusting, near successes.... but at the end it worked.
If I remember correct, I've also pushed down the sheet slightly so that the " V " becomes like a " U ", easier to scoop things.

Good Luck!
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So the drop isn't that far then. I had assumed it went down to the floor pan. Good to know.
 
Corradobrit said:
So the drop isn't that far then. I had assumed it went down to the floor pan. Good to know.
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For any 'newbies' happening on this post (regulars will already be aware) this is a good preventative measure:

www.ebay.co.uk

VW Transporter T5, T5.1, T6 & T6.1 + Camper Dash Trim Tidy Premium Accessory | eBay

VW T5 and T6 Dash Trim. This dash trim will also help reduce noise. This is a custom designed dash trim like no other on the market. This trim is designed to sit perfectly in the gap between the dash and windscreen.
www.ebay.co.uk
 
Viktorgeorge said:
For any 'newbies' happening on this post (regulars will already be aware) this is a good preventative measure:

www.ebay.co.uk

VW Transporter T5, T5.1, T6 & T6.1 + Camper Dash Trim Tidy Premium Accessory | eBay

VW T5 and T6 Dash Trim. This dash trim will also help reduce noise. This is a custom designed dash trim like no other on the market. This trim is designed to sit perfectly in the gap between the dash and windscreen.
www.ebay.co.uk
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We have this, it will need a slight trim but it works!
 
Viktorgeorge said:
For any 'newbies' happening on this post (regulars will already be aware) this is a good preventative measure:

www.ebay.co.uk

VW Transporter T5, T5.1, T6 & T6.1 + Camper Dash Trim Tidy Premium Accessory | eBay

VW T5 and T6 Dash Trim. This dash trim will also help reduce noise. This is a custom designed dash trim like no other on the market. This trim is designed to sit perfectly in the gap between the dash and windscreen.
www.ebay.co.uk
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Ditto, invested in this just before van collection and fitted on day 1 for piece of mind.
 
I dropped a gas canister handle in the gap behind the water tank. Can’t get it.
Really makes no difference to my life whatsoever….apart from the niggling OCD thought…
 
Aubisque said:
I dropped a gas canister handle in the gap behind the water tank. Can’t get it.
Really makes no difference to my life whatsoever….apart from the niggling OCD thought…
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Well assuming its a calorgaz bottle you will need it or another to exchange.
 
To those that don't know. That gap is used on the T5/5.1 to secure the bottom of the cloth VW windscreen cover that hooks over the sun shades and reversing mirror. The cover has a rolled over bottom hem that is pushed into that slot.
 
WelshGas said:
To those that don't know. That gap is used on the T5/5.1 to secure the bottom of the cloth VW windscreen cover that hooks over the sun shades and reversing mirror. The cover has a rolled over bottom hem that is pushed into that slot.
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And a very useful gap it is. I tidies up the dash table-top area and gives a great sense of space when camping
 
Well, great news. After taking an online course in Gynecology, I managed to retrieve the filter. Expert use of duct tape, a chopstick and crushed finger tips, retrieved the little f*cker.
Happily, the dash trim arrived today, so that's tomorrow's job sorted
 
WelshGas said:
To those that don't know. That gap is used on the T5/5.1 to secure the bottom of the cloth VW windscreen cover that hooks over the sun shades and reversing mirror. The cover has a rolled over bottom hem that is pushed into that slot.
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Ah, so that is how you fix the bottom of windscreen cover! After all these years leaving it hanging. Can’t use the slot anyway as I have sealed it with a small diameter rubber tube.
 
WelshGas said:
To those that don't know. That gap is used on the T5/5.1 to secure the bottom of the cloth VW windscreen cover that hooks over the sun shades and reversing mirror. The cover has a rolled over bottom hem that is pushed into that slot.
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Really? Well I never.
 
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