California Flash

I do pretty much the same thing with a dash. I bench test it to see if all the stuff acts right. I'm kinda paranoid about dash grounding problems, which is where most of the trouble comes from after a resto. I always leave the backside of the slots in the dash frame, where it bolts on at the door jambs, bare metal with dielectric grease on them. I will leave an area around the bolts in the door jambs bare too. That way, the dash frame is assured good ground. I test again when it's bolted in, before the windshield goes in just like you did. I just hope I don't get Alzheimer's before I'm done with cars, and forget all these lessons I've learned the hard way! :eek: