I just got a new gauge cluster complete w/ tach, but I need to remove the clear plastic cover in order to replace a couple things. Anybody done this before? I tried prying it off with a screwdriver but all that led to was a couple new cracks in the plastic. Thanks for any help.

 

it should have 5 tabs. 2 in top, 3 in bottom. you need to push them out in order to remove the plastic piece.

 

Yeah, everything is plug and play.....
Ther should be 2 bolts holding this element....

 

 

its about a 20 min install to strip it completely down and change out the odometer. (assuming thats what youre up to), but i thougt there were screws that held the plastic fake the plastic backing? i dunno, its really late and i cant remember. either way, pretty easy mod if you use your advanced patience techniques.

 

done... all I had to do was pry it off, just had to be careful not to snap any plastic in the process. I'm doing this because I'm trying to replace the odometer as well as a needle thats missing.

 

I'm trying to remove the instrument panel and am having a little trouble. I removed the two screws up top and the one behind the emergency light button, but it is still difficult to remove. I'm aware of the tabs holding it in on the bottom, but on top it seems to be held in where the emergency light button is. Are there more than 3 screws holding it in?

 

on a fifth gen there is something to do with that emergency button, on a 6th gen it is just REALLY hard to get apart, and from what i understand most people break the clips.

i was very patient, very careful and i ended up not breaking the clips, but it was still quite a ***** to get apart.

 

I taught myself all of this

FOR EK CLUSTER

very =easy
2 upside down screws
2 clips on bottom corners right above steering wheel

unscrew. push down tilt. pull from bottom corners straight out. bich because the damned clips fell off.

4 screws hold the cluster in, unplug, pull out. (I used to never pull it out installing gauge faces...talk about sweat)

everything after that clips apart, untwist the bulb, unscrew gauges from back.


FOR EK CLIMATE CONTROL

again easy stuff

Gotta take off the part under steerin wheel for the clip you dropped from the cluster anyway.

3 screws, maybe one in change pocket. 2 clips on left side, 1 by steering wheel on left side, one on right.

CLIMATE
hmm I recall 5 screws. 2 upside down above shifter, 1 hiding under the left dash piece you just took off, 2 in glove compartment.

4 hidden upside down screws holding it to a metal bracket. 4 clips..2 on either side of climate control


damn if that's not the worst explination ever. once I started had to finish. remember if its to hard to pull look for a screw. pull all clips straight out. don't get pissed when they pop off and you hear em jingle through the dash. get pissed when you break or lose them. never write a how-to when your drunk.

 

by the way I've done it atleast a dozen times and its a pain but nothing at all to fear.