wood trim removal (200tq)

[Konstantin Bogach]

Eyvind,

here is the content of the mail I posted a while ago. Hope it will help.
Good luck.
Konstantin Bogach.

200/100 ’89 – 91 dash removal procedure
-      remove dash side panels
- remove under dash panel on the driver side (some cars have storage shelf in it)
- remove gloves box (there are 2 types of boxes: drop off and  slide out. The later one has trick: 2 screws on top of the box which are accessed through wholes are not needed to be removed. Just slacken them enough and remove box moving it towards the passenger door and then toward the rear)
- remove steering wheel switches top cover (2 screws  underneath of switch lower cover)
- remove screws holding central panel to be able to move a little toward the back
- now you should have all  wooden trim fastening exposed (allen screws). Remove wooden trim.  Be  careful because it is  fragile. Two or one screw behind steering wheel switches is hard to remove unless you have better tools then I have or you remove steering wheel and pooled switches back.  So, I removed steering wheel.
- Now you have all allen screws holding dash accessible. 2 screws are on both sides, several on the front panel, one screw under each speaker grill (pry it with thin screwdriver), one s crew under windshield defroster  grill.  You don’t have to remove defroster grill. Actually, I am not sure it's removable. Use a mirror to locate the screw (on the middle) and to aim the wrench.  That’s all.  Slide the dash out. Total 1 hour of labor for first time.

You might need star shaped wrench if you remove steering wheel equipped with an air bag.



>
> At 08:05 AM 10/02/2001 +0200, Eyvind Spangen wrote:
>
> >How do I remove the wood trim panels from the dash and door panels in
> >my 200TQ? I don't have wood trim, only plastic like the 100 series,
> >and I have a set of wood here that I want to install, but I don't want
> >to break the plastic trim when removing it. Any experience on this?
> >
> >--
> >Regards,
> >ES