how to remove the instrument panel??
#1
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how to remove the instrument panel??
I've got the top row of screws out and popped the bottom loose- but it still seems well attached in the middle. Does it the top come out first or the bottom? Very stuck and don't want to end up with it broken.
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#3
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The only trick I have learned to pulling those out is to loosen the HVAC controller as well so to take the tension off the little "leg" on the side of the gauge cluster. Otherwise it is easy to break it.
All of the other screws should be easily visible.
Or are you talking about the whole instrument panel bezel?
Its which case they is a screw under that HVAC controller that is easy to miss.
The bezel does have some metal clips that hold it in that you do have to pull against to get it to pop free. If you have a tilt wheel, tilting it down helps get it out.
All of the other screws should be easily visible.
Or are you talking about the whole instrument panel bezel?
Its which case they is a screw under that HVAC controller that is easy to miss.
The bezel does have some metal clips that hold it in that you do have to pull against to get it to pop free. If you have a tilt wheel, tilting it down helps get it out.
#7
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Removing the plastic encasement from the steering column first makes huge difference when pulling the bezel off.
I hate pulling that thing off because I just know that I'm going to break it but, it seems like I'm always having to dig in there for whatever I'm doing.
I do have a spare for when it eventually happens.
I hate pulling that thing off because I just know that I'm going to break it but, it seems like I'm always having to dig in there for whatever I'm doing.
I do have a spare for when it eventually happens.
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#8
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Removing the plastic encasement from the steering column first makes huge difference when pulling the bezel off.
I hate pulling that thing off because I just know that I'm going to break it but, it seems like I'm always having to dig in there for whatever I'm doing.
I do have a spare for when it eventually happens.
I hate pulling that thing off because I just know that I'm going to break it but, it seems like I'm always having to dig in there for whatever I'm doing.
I do have a spare for when it eventually happens.
Edwin
#9
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I forgot that the pre-91 trucks have a different set-up on the column.
#10
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Be sure to disconnect the PRNDL selector cable first before you drop your steering column if you have an automatic transmission or you might damage it.
#13
Don't forget about unscrewing the map reading light, just above the message screen.
The most fragile part, in my opinion, is what Jim Layne touched on- the string cable, that attaches to the gear shifter in the auto trucks. Pulls on a lever that will carry over to PRND21. Be vewy, vewy caeful.
The most fragile part, in my opinion, is what Jim Layne touched on- the string cable, that attaches to the gear shifter in the auto trucks. Pulls on a lever that will carry over to PRND21. Be vewy, vewy caeful.
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