Re: 46 DASH SWITCH PANEL REMOVAL
Posted by HH56 On 2013/2/23 11:11:10
If you want to access the entire rear at once you will have to remove the dash.
The instrument cluster itself is an assembly and will drop down in one piece leaving it's chrome outer front piece. The chrome housing switches are mounted in is one piece and screwed to the dash from the rear. While the switches individually will remove from the rear or can be wired in place, the entire housing and switches intact will not come out from the front. Two things prevent this -- one is the length of some individual wires connecting switches to the wire loom are short and won't give enough room to pull. The second is some of the switches are the same width or slightly wider than the slots in the dash support metal so they won't clear. Their width would prevent the assembly coming forward without switch being removed or using considerable manipulation.
To remove dash completely, after all the hood release, steering column, cowl vent and emerg brake levers and anything else you see attached are unscrewed from the bottom of dash, the dash itself is held in by two screws on the bottom corners and a row of screws under the windshield molding.
It will probably help to remove the radio to get rid of that extra weight and to also have a helper. The dash, while not terribly heavy, is bulky and hard to maneuver. Very easy to scratch, tear or damage something trying to move it around by yourself.
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The instrument cluster itself is an assembly and will drop down in one piece leaving it's chrome outer front piece. The chrome housing switches are mounted in is one piece and screwed to the dash from the rear. While the switches individually will remove from the rear or can be wired in place, the entire housing and switches intact will not come out from the front. Two things prevent this -- one is the length of some individual wires connecting switches to the wire loom are short and won't give enough room to pull. The second is some of the switches are the same width or slightly wider than the slots in the dash support metal so they won't clear. Their width would prevent the assembly coming forward without switch being removed or using considerable manipulation.
To remove dash completely, after all the hood release, steering column, cowl vent and emerg brake levers and anything else you see attached are unscrewed from the bottom of dash, the dash itself is held in by two screws on the bottom corners and a row of screws under the windshield molding.
It will probably help to remove the radio to get rid of that extra weight and to also have a helper. The dash, while not terribly heavy, is bulky and hard to maneuver. Very easy to scratch, tear or damage something trying to move it around by yourself.
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