Dash Pad Installation
Can anyone tell me what I need to disconnect, to remove the cluster ?
First, unhook your battery!!
In my car, 74 Dart Sport, I remove all of the screws obviously, then I take the two bolts off at the column where it's bolted to the dash and down at the floor/firewall where it goes through there is a plate with bolts in it. I remove those too, this allows you to drop the column down which makes it a ton easier to get the cluster out. As you pull the cluster back slowly, you unplug the harness from the headlight and wiper switch, you will have to remove the two wires from the ammeter as well. Then usually you can reach through there and unhook the speedo cable,
IF you can't reach it from underneath (I have a hard time getting my big mitts up in from the bottom to remove it).
It's not that bad to do, just be patient, lol.
It's the only way I can get to all of the nuts/screws on the dash pad.
While you have the cluster out, I would suggest cleaning all of the contact areas where the dash bulbs go in, inspect all of the sockets that the bulbs go in, AND if you haven't done so, it might be advantageous for you to put all new bulbs in while it's out.