Well I finally managed, after many many attempts, to remove the instrument panel today!
Unfortunately the panel was not secured with velcro, as I had hoped, but with two clamps fitted to the fuel and water temp gauges
respectively at each end of the panel. I used a peice of string placed behind the left hand end of the panel and pulled until the panel came loose!
The clamps are illustrated in the attached photos.
The only way I can think a normal person would succeed to slacken and remove these two clams is to utilise persons under the age of 6 to loosen the knurled nuts.
I have 4 grandchildren that fit the bill to a "T". Unfortunately Swedish advice is for persons over a certain age isolate themselves from contact with other humans, so they
all refuse to come nearer than two meters. On the plus side I was so frustrated with 4 plus weeks in isolation that the panel finally came loose!
The clamps wwill be replaced with velcro!
Keep safe everyone! /Paho