91-92 guage removal

[maroman88]

paul should know this! how do i get the guages out of my 91. i need to replace a few bulbs behind it and since i got the dash pad off for new speakers i figured it would be a good time to do this

[V]

To remove the gauges, you first need to remove the padded panel under the steering column. It should be held in by 2 torx bolts, and 2 or 3 7mm screws at the bottom. Once that is removed, you will see the bottom of the gauge bezel(see pic 1). There are 2 7mm screws that attach the gauge bezel, the tops and sides of the bezel just pop out. BUT before you can remove the bezel, the headlight knob needs to be removed. On the inside of the knob, there is a type of metal retainer(pic 2) You need to use a hook tool or piece of heavy wire and push the little tab on the retainer up(away from dash) to release the knob, this can be difficult. Once the knob is off, the outer bezel can be removed. Any other switches, fogs, defroster, cig lighter can be removed now and the bezel put to the side. Now you will see several 7mm screws holdign the white gauge cluster in place, just remove those and the cluster should pull right out. The bulbs screw into the back with the 1/4 turn style sockets.


sorry for the poor pics, i had to use my cellhpone since my good camera needs repair.

[maroman88]

thanks paul, the hardest part was gettin the bulbs outa the twist sockets, the wires from being so old had sodered themselves to the sockets and i had to break all the bulbs to get em out....