help removing instr. cluster

On my 73 Dart, I removed the glove box liner and took both wiper assemblies and out through there. Then I replaced both pivot seals (I did one from the glove box opening and my great wife replaced the other one from under the dash) and bushings (got it all from Schumacher)...FYI, something I read about from one poster on FABO was to heat up bushings in pot of pretty hot water (to make them more pliable and then push a needle through the back of them so as to provide a pressure relief spot so bushing can seat properly when pushing them on because if not you will be fighting (and cursing) trying to get it pushed on.....this REALLY helped a lot...just my 2 cents. I did not need to remove instrument panel to do this.