Trying to remove instrument panel, need help (70 duster)

RedFish said

Yessir, The pcb extends beyond the instrument housing right there. To grab the panel with one hand and lift right there is a no-no.
These 40 + yr. old parts are fragile and booby-trapped to boot.
There are 8 screws through the potmetal housing to the plastic bezel.
If you only remove 7 around the illuminated area and not remove the one far left over at the heater controller support. Lift the housing to seperate and "POP", you just cracked the bezel. Lift in the wrong spot breaks the bezel and the circuit board all at the same time.

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You should be able to fix that with a little time and patience. Maybe some JB weld or some other kind of glue to stick the broken piece back to the circuit board. Then if there is no continuity between the copper lines, either solder in between them or solder a small jumper wire over the broken part to get voltage to the bulb socket.

Does JB weld have continuity? Because if it doesn't then you can just JB around that entire broken piece and then solder jumpers to go over the JB. That should make that piece extra strong so it doesn't break when you press the socket into it or a hit a dip in the road. Looks like you already have it figured out so I don't know why I'm talking anymore..