Instrument Cluster

Did you get the "third bolt?" on the column? Same size as the nuts under the column, it's a bracket further down the column, "up into" a bracket. Maybe I mis--understood, is the column droped down?

You have to unhook the harness connectors, one one each end of the cluster. And the speed cable. Then "hinge" the cluster out, and down, with the face facing down. The bottom of the speedo "hooks" over the edge of the dash frame

Once you get it out a little bit, you'll have to unbolt the ammeter nuts.