body and interior All Dashboards Are Tii Dashboards

[mo02]

I am sure some of you already know this, and it may not apply to Every model. 

 

But the dashboards in some non tii cars have a round indent on the backside where the clock can go through.  If you want to install a clock in your non tii dash, all you have to do is carefully cut the diameter of the indentation in the foam and you will have a tii dash.  ( I also believe the metal support under the foam is pre-cut from the factory on all dashboards with this indentation ).

 

Cheers,

 

MF

[Gordon]

I am sure some of you already know this, and it may not apply to Every model. 

 

But the dashboards in some non tii cars have a round indent on the backside where the clock can go through.  If you want to install a clock in your non tii dash, all you have to do is carefully cut the diameter of the indentation in the foam and you will have a tii dash.  ( I also believe the metal support under the foam is pre-cut from the factory on all dashboards with this indentation ).

 

Cheers,

 

MF

Correct, I scored a crack free Euro spec one piece dash (no fasten seat belt billboard on top of the dash) a few years ago at an automotive flea market in Germany and mailed it back. The old dash in my tii had enough cracks that it was toast so that dash was pulled and the one I scored in Germany went in.  We did the cut out like MF said above for the tii clock and now it's looking great in my tii.

[mo02]

Thanks Gordon, sounds like the mod worked well for you...someone here must have a pic...wish I had one to post.

 

Cheers,

 

-MF

[Conserv]

Tii clock in my '76 non-tii. I installed it the first week I owned the car, in '76. Easy upgrade.

Steve

[jgerock]

Back side of my 69 2002 upper dash showing the perforations for adding the clock.

 

The clock connects to the gauge cluster with a harness for power. Non ti/tii vehicles may have a foam plug covering the (3) terminals.

Cluster with plug

Terminals

 

Cluster in my 73tii showing the plug and wiring harness for the tii clock

Curved tii clock plug lying on dash near the wiper speed switch

[mo02]

That is awesome.  Thank you for posting as I did not know about the wiring connections before, although I have seen the three pin plug as well.

Cheers,

 

MF

[zinz]

Jim,

You are awesome!!!

Guess what I JUST now completed? Installing my re-soldered, junkyard-find, Tii clock!!! I must give credit to Ray Koke for pointing me to this clock (it was mis-listed on eBay and Ray "gave" it to me) as luck would have it, the car was in a junkyard near me and I was able to find the wiring harness and other goodies. It was not a Tii, though. Just had the clock...

Been super nervous about cutting the dash, but you can easily feel those indentions from the backside ( I can easily reach up behind my center console). Just took a very sharp exacto knife and carefully started from the center and made the hole a little bigger and a little bigger, till the clock fit snugly. Plugged everything in annnnndd...wait for it....CLUNK...tick, tick, tick, tick, tick...

I have the stupidest grin on my face right now. What a joy to hear this clock running!! Here's some pics...

[Tsingtao_1903]

Just found this post. Awesome!

 

I am going to the garage to cut my non-Tii dash to install the clock now.

[Russkcpa]

Clunk = Best sound in the world

[halboyles]

This should also work with pre-tii dashes as the 1602-ti and 2002ti up to '71 were the first to have the clock in that location.

[John76]

For those who wish to remain "clunkless", the VDO quartz clock is a nice option.

It took me years of hand-wringing over drilling a hole in my dash....but when I realized the cut-out in the bulkhead and perforation on the back of the dash for the clock was already there....I just did it. Measure 3 times and cut once. I used a 2 1/8" hole saw on a cordless drill.

I made a 3-pin plug by cutting off a section of a 9-pin appliance plug. Correct wire colors: Red = 12V, Brown = ground, Grey = light (dimmer).

[Tsingtao_1903]

10 minutes ago, John76 said:

It took me years of hand-wringing over drilling a hole in my dash...

That decision was already made for me.  The PO just happened to poke a hole in the very same spot to route the wiring for a VDO clock sitting in a gauge pod mounted on the dash board!!!  It was a straight forward matter to remove the silly dash pod, open up the hole and install the clock.

 

 

[02Les]

Not all for sure.

My RHD Touring has the indent, but two spare one-piece (LHD) dashes do not.

[Simeon]

Interesting. I did wonder if RHD dashes would be different. It seems not but it could be related to the availability of tii cars in RHD since I don't think any RHD ti cars exist. 

[02Les]

5 hours ago, Simeon said:

Interesting. I did wonder if RHD dashes would be different. It seems not but it could be related to the availability of tii cars in RHD since I don't think any RHD ti cars exist. 

I've often wondered why BMW never produced a RHD 1600ti or 2002ti, as they did produce RHD NK 1800ti and 2000ti.