Cluster removal - help please

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Mar 19, 2006

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Cluster removal - help please

Is there a trick to getting the black surround off? I know you remove the two screws at the top then yank...but the bottom just won't budge. Are there other screws or clips holding it down? I want to get to the cluster behind

Mar 19, 2006

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you have to pull it hard.

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yup pull really hard, if i remember correctly, there is glue holding it down

Mar 19, 2006

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search.........covered thousands of times....i even went lookin

Mar 19, 2006

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its flexible plastic, dont worry.

Mar 19, 2006

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Thanks for all your help...finally got it off...had to get screwdriver to pop the two bottom clips

Mar 30, 2006

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thanks to this thread i was also able to remove the bezel. although im having a hard time switching wires... the wire wont come off of the connector

i've hear an "extraction tool" is needed but we dont have such here.

Mar 31, 2006

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thanks to this thread i was also able to remove the bezel. although im having a hard time switching wires... the wire wont come off of the connector

i've hear an "extraction tool" is needed but we dont have such here.

you mean the wires that are connected to the sockets? or the socket plug from the cluster??

Apr 2, 2006

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i was able to detach the cluster from the main wiring harness(blue and green).

i cant remove the wires from the blue and green plug. how do you pull them out?

Apr 2, 2006

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Don't just yank on the wires you'll strip them or rip/break them right off the connecter which will require you to solder them back on.

Get an extraction tool at a hobby store or you could use a small and long needle to push the tabs down and push them out.

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haha i used pliars and yes a few of em stripped lol. make sure before doing anything that the two lock clips on each side are pried off.

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there are little clips on the sides of the harness. You need to use a small screwdriver to pop this off, once you do, with a little force you can pull them out one at a time with your hands no tools needed.