DASH PAD

I’d like to know more about how you did that. I’m in the beginning of removing the pad now and was going to pull the instrument cluster and drop the steering. I find it hard to get a 5/16 socket on the screw, plus the wiring loom on the driver side is in the way (sort of)

It ain't easy and it ain't fun. It's easier if you pull the front seat so you can lie on your back on the floor. Have a variety of sockets, extensions and open and ring wrenches. getting to each one is a little different. Some times it helps to push on the old pad where the stud is to get the nut loose. The right side is easy if you take out the glove box. you can reach through the glove box openning to get above the heater controls. Do you have a local kid in his late teens with some mechanical aptitude? It was a lot easier when I was 18 years old.