Speedometer Replacement/Cable/Horrible Day

Man, I just went through this. I couldn't get my cluster out, so I dropped the bolts for the column under the dash. It gave me a little wiggle room but I still couldn't get it out. I was scratching the piss out of my freshly painted column!!!

My fifteen year old daughter, sensing my frustration, pushed down on the steering wheel while I rotated the cluster forward, and it came right out. Now I just have to get everything back together...