Procedure-Instrument Cluster Removal & Replacing Gauge Faces
 | Disconnect the battery. |
| Remove the horn pad by lifting it evenly and disconnect the wire. |
| Using a 24 mm (or 15/16) socket, remove the steering wheel retaining nut and then the washer. |
| Mark the relationship between the steering shaft and the steering wheel "before" you remove the steering wheel. |
| Remove the steering wheel. |
| Remove the two Phillips head screws holding the upper and lower plastic cover for the steering column. (Access from the bottom with a thin Phillips screwdriver) |
| Remove the upper and lower covers. This may take a little wiggling, but they will come free. They will break if not careful. |
| Detach one of the wiring connectors of the turn signal assembly at lower right of steering column. (If it were a clock face it would be the 4 - 5 o'clock position. You can detach all of the connectors to fully remove the assembly) |
| Remove the three slotted screws on the face of the turn signal assembly. |
| Pull the assembly off of the steering shaft and set aside or let dangle free depending on if you removed one connector or all of them. |
Instrument Cluster Removal
| Remove the two Phillips head screws inside the left and right openings for the instruments. (Top of the opening, halfway back) |
| The instrument cluster is now ready for removal. Pull it out of the dash until you feel resistance from the speedometer cable. Then rotate the cluster so that the right side of the cluster is closer to you than the left side. With your right hand reach behind the cluster and unscrew the connection for the speedometer cable. |
| Once the cable is disconnected the cluster will come out with all the wires attached to the back of the instruments. Diagram the connections and disconnect them all. Remove cluster from dash. |
Gauge Face Replacement
| Slide the speedometer out of the front of the instrument cluster. |
| Remove the bezel by prying up on the lip of the bezel (on the backside) a little over half way, and then pulling it off. Use a 1/8-inch (or slightly larger) blade flat screwdriver. Then remove the clear plastic lens. |
| Replace lenses. |
| Create a pair of "soft jawed" pliers (channel lock works best). Wrap six layers of tape around the jaws of the pliers. |
| Use the "soft jawed" pliers to crimp the bezel back onto gauge. The "soft jawed" part is used on the front of the bezel to keep from scratching the face. |
Installation Is The Reverse
