glue melting on dashboard

[jko37]

Hello everyone,

i am new on this forum,i live in Belgium
I saw an elan for sale, and noticed a strange thing on the dashboard...

On the side where the airco switch is located, there is different plastic screw covers, around some of them there is a sticky leak like "melted" glue has leaked .
The owner told me that it happens because the plastic screw covers are placed with simple glue, and because of the sun heat when driving with the roof open, the glue happen to melt...

does this seem like "normal" thing that might happen?

sorry for my bad english and thanks a lot in advance for your help

Steve

[racerstev]

Oh yes it's normal. The factory used a brown glue that never really seemed to harden.
When I got my car there was a puddle of it at the base of the dash.

STeve

[jko37]

Thanks for your super fast answer Steve !

[tigerdog]

Welcome to the board, Steve from Belgium!

[HJ2]

Hoi Steve, welkom hier
So, will you attend to the ypres Lotus day?

[jko37]

thanks you guys for the warm welcome !
I will probably be more on the forum within a few weeks, when i will have my new car

Hey HJ,

well, i think it will be a no can do for this year
I should have the elan, within 2 weeks, but i already made an appointment with FVH
on the last weekend of may to install a new cambelt, service and general check-up
so i won't have it back in time !

enjoy and bring us some nice pics