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Old Jul 4, 2020 | 10:57 PM
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Hi guys! A couple of months back I became the happy owner of a 2011 Mustang convertible. Today I noticed that one of the covers/caps for the gauges is missing, didn't see it earlier but now I can't unsee it

I've searched but come up empty where I can find a replacement cap. Do you have any idea, or even what the part is called? See attached photo, I've marked it in yellow.
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Old Jul 5, 2020 | 11:59 AM
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I wonder if you pulled the cluster if that cap is somewhere inside?
Old Jul 5, 2020 | 01:09 PM
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@JimC The cap is actually just a snap-on from the outside, so I guess the previous owner must have lost it at some point. I went back and checked the first photos I took after the purchase to make sure it hadn't come off after that.

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I see, I thought it was under the "glass" but it is an outside cap. Probably popped off when it was being cleaned and was lost.
Maybe try like an AutoZone type place and look at the generic replacement parts aisle. You might find something that will snap on and just replace both to match.
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Local pull a part and take it off a car with the cluster in it.
Old Jul 8, 2020 | 12:21 AM
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@JimC Thanks, I'll try AutoZone 👍

@Siber Express Well, any idea where I'd find a donor car for that? 🙂
Old Jul 8, 2020 | 06:20 PM
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Any local Junk yard that will let you go in and find your parts, then you just need to find. Don't know where in California you are at but there was a Pic-a-part in Ontario by the truck stops years ago and a Mustang Parts place out that way also.
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