----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Battles" <jbattles@bankfinancial.com>
> Those procedures seem actually pretty straightforward to me... I'm
guessing
> that the trim piece is the difficult part here?
> - Josh
> Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L
> www.geocities.com/lenny187/dakota.html
>
OK, Here's the steps for remoing the pieces to get to the radio removal
procedure.
CLUSTER BEZEL REMOVAL
(1) Disconnect and isolate the battery negativecable.
(2) If the vehicle is equipped with an automatic transmission, turn the
ignition switch to the Unlock
position, set the park brake, and place the automatic transmission gear
selector lever in the Low position.
(3) If the vehicle is equipped with a tilt column, set the tilt steering
column in its lowest position.
(4) Remove the steering column opening cover from the instrument panel.
(Refer to 23 - BODY/INSTRUMENT
PANEL/STEERING COLUMN OPENING COVER - REMOVAL).
(5) Remove the two screws in the hooded area above the instrument cluster
that secure the cluster
bezel to the instrument panel base trim (Fig. 8).
(6) Using a trim stick or another suitable wide flat-bladed tool, gently pry
around the perimeter of
the cluster bezel to disengage each of the snap clips from their receptacles
in the instrument panel base trim.
(7) Pull the right side of the cluster bezel away from the instrument panel
far enough to access and
disconnect the instrument panel wire harness connector receptacle.
(8) Pull the left side of the cluster bezel away from the instrument panel
far enough to access and disconnect
the instrument panel wire harness connectors from the receptacles for the
passenger airbag
on/off switch (if equipped), the rear window defogger switch (if equipped),
the heater-air conditioner control,
and the transfer case switch (if equipped).
(9) Remove the cluster bezel from the instrument panel.
STEERING CLOUMN OPENING COVER
(1) Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
(2) Reach under the left end of the instrument panel to access and unsnap
the rod end clip on the
park brake release link and disengage the link from the back of the handle
(Fig. 20).
(3) Remove the three screws that secure the lower edge of the steering
column opening cover to the
instrument panel structural support.
(4) Using a trim stick or another suitable wide flat-bladed tool, gently pry
the upper edge of the
steering column opening cover just below the cluster bezel on each side of
the steering column away from
the instrument panel far enough to disengage each of the snap clip retainers
from their receptacles in the
instrument panel base trim (Fig. 21).
(5) Remove the steering column opening cover from the instrument panel.
Wayne
01 QC Sport 4x4 V8
Warm Sunny Florida
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