Dashboard / Instrument Panel: Service and Repair

REMOVAL
1. To remove the dashboard, first remove the:
- Steering wheel.
- Dashboard lower panel.
- Steering column cover.
- Turn signal cancel sleeve.
- Combination switches.
- Ashtray holder.

Dashboard Removal:

2. Disconnect the wire harnesses from the connector holder and fuse area.

Dashboard Removal:

3. Remove the hood opener

CAUTION: Don't disconnect the cable.

5. Disconnect the cables of the center outlet from the heater duct.
6. Remove the dashboard mounting bolts.
7. Disconnect the antenna cable.
8. Lift the dashboard as you pull so it will slide up and off the guide pin at the middle; hold it from underneath so it won't fall when it comes off the pin.




REASSEMBLY NOTE:
- Make sure the dashboard fits onto the guide pin correctly.
- Reconnect the antenna cable before lifting the dashboard onto the guide pin.
- Before tightening the dashboard bolts, make sure the instrument wires are not pinched, and that dashboard is not interfering with the heater control lever or cable.