Instrument Cluster Removal, Help!

MOBodyman said
I fought with one for about 2 hours one day. I had everything removed and unhooked as mentioned in the above posts and still couldn't tip the top out enough for it to clear the dash frame. I couldn't see or feel anything that was causing the problem. :banghead: I finally left it for awhile and went back to it. I then discovered the reason it wouldn't tip out at the top.....the end of the speedo was catching on the main wire harness just enough to keep it from clearing. Reached back there and 'unhooked' the harness from the speedo end and the cluster nearly fell out.
Dallas

Good call! That'll be the first thing I try. I'll post back with the results.

RedFish said
By the way, If this is a cloumn shift car, move the shifter to neutral or lower. A lot of downward force on the column while the shifter is in park can alter the neutral safety switch/linkage adjustment. The only way to correct that would be crawl under the car.

Thanks for pointing that out! I wouldn't have though about that... Hopefully I haven't tweaked anything already...

67Dart273 said
I thought you said you dropped the column......

Yeeeeaaaahh... Mostly... :D
I removed the bolts closest to the dash, which let me pull it down a couple of inches, seemingly enough to pull the gauges out... We'll see though. If the speedo connector on the back of the gauges isn't hanging up on the wiring harness I guess I'll have to stop trying to get it out the "half-assed" way... :thumblef:

Thanks to all again