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Instrument cluster - Non SRS, remove and install.

Non air bag equipped:

Remove three 1/4 turn screws along top edge of panel and one below the steering column 510063.jpg (22743 bytes)
Pull panel forward and out. Remove chime module from bracket in panel by pulling back tabs. 510156.jpg (51767 bytes)

NOTE: Steering wheel has been removed for clarity of photographs. It is not necessary to remove the steering wheel to remove the cluster
Remove two knurled nuts from the rear of the plastic cover between the instruments and the steering column, one on each side. 620001.jpg (36098 bytes)
Remove two small Phillips screws from top of cluster surround, two small silver Phillips screws on either side of the steering column and two long Phillips screws, located one each side of the lower edge of the surround 620002.jpg (34591 bytes)
CAUTION: Mixing up the  screws along the lower edge of the surround will result in damage to the battery board. Maximum length of two inner screws, by steering column, is 9.5mm 620003.jpg (32169 bytes)
Remove surround and remove two small Phillips screws from upper brackets on cluster. 620005.jpg (31103 bytes)
Gently pull down upper cluster brackets to clear dash top and slide cluster forward at the top. 620004.jpg (28972 bytes)
Pull cluster as far forward as possible, reach behind it and disconnect wiring connectors.  There are 3 main wiring plugs, white, blue and yellow.

Check engine light and ABS lights are separate light bulbs, with two wires, for each. These pull straight out of the socket.

Cruise control adds another, single wire connector to the rear of the speedometer (blue arrow).

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Each main connector has a black tab in the center. Lift this black tab straight up, away from the connector to release. When tab is at full extent, pull plug from cluster. 620007.jpg (28773 bytes)

Installation:

Install wiring connectors with black tab fully extended. Seat connector then push tab in to lock. 620008.jpg (30653 bytes)
Cruise control speed signal wire can go in any of three compatible spaces in the green connector on the rear of the speedometer. 620009.jpg (27850 bytes)
If the vehicle does not have cruise, it may not have the green adapter on the rear of the cluster. 620010.jpg (25074 bytes)
Blue and white connectors (green arrows) are present on all clusters.
Yellow connector (pink arrow) is not used if there is no tachometer.
Orange arrow is ABS light, if equipped
Red arrow is Check Engine light, if equipped
Blue arrow is cruise control speed signal, if equipped.
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Ensure rear edge of panel locates correctly in bracket on steering column. 510150.jpg (47381 bytes)

 

 

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