Re: A puzzler!

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

-----Original Message-----
From: David Kavanagh staff <kavanagh@kodak.com>
To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Wednesday, June 03, 1998 9:37 AM
Subject: A puzzler!


>
>OK, I'm know I'm not that stupid, but could someone please explain to me
>why I can't get my freakin instrument cluster out!
>I have an '87 5000CSTQ. Bently says, pull steering wheel, combo switch,
>remove two screws and simple remove the cluster. Well, let me tell you....
>I tugged and tugged. I got it to move (previously, it was stuck with some
>kind of adhesive). It seemed to be hung up in the upper middle. I couldn't
>get my hand up behind it to unplug anything. It was hard enough seeing
>behind there (even with my 150W halogen drop light)! What was supposed
>to take 1 hour start to finish took 1.5 hours and I didn't even accomplish
>what I wanted to!
>So, what is the trick?
>
>
> David

Hi David;

    This is a bit of a puzzle. I have had the cluster out of my old '86
5kcstq and my current '91 200q without this kind of struggle. I seem to
recall with the '86 I had to tip the bottom up and remove it bottom first,
but there was enough wire on the connectors to pull it 2-3" from the panel
and disconnect the wiring. The only thing I can suggest is to wiggle the
cluster to determine the point of attachment and examine that area
carefully. Sometimes there is a hidden fastener of some type. The cluster
may have been removed previously and re-attached in a "non-standard"
fashion.

HTH

Fred Munro
'91 200q  253k km