Factory AC Dash Removal
as above, you can remove the screws at the edge of the windshield, loosen the bolts at the sides and use them as a pivot to rotate it out. I would leave the dash harness connected to the dash take out the bulkhead connector and remove it all together. This is the time to replace or repair the wiring under the dash, including looking ahead and installing any extra wires that you would need for any accessories you might want. You can wire things directly to the fuse box and eliminate any rats nests of wire from the past. It is SOOO easy to do all this with the dash out. One recommendation - there is a metal clip on the back of the speedo that attaches to a white plastic loop on the harness . If you might ever want remove the instrument cluster DO NOT attach the harness to that clip (see below). If you are going to repaint your dash frame, the last time I did a dash I painted the inside of the dash frame gloss white - it sure makes it easier when you have to do things under the dash in the future because light reflects around under there and the color contract makes it much easier to see things.
That clip is just above the speedo cable snout - I installed everything and then had a gauge failure and had to remove the cluster and it was a bear. I'm sure it made things easier in the factory installing the harness on a bench like this, but it serves no function once it is all in place.
as above, you can remove the screws at the edge of the windshield, loosen the bolts at the sides and use them as a pivot to rotate it out. I would leave the dash harness connected to the dash take out the bulkhead connector and remove it all together. This is the time to replace or repair the wiring under the dash, including looking ahead and installing any extra wires that you would need for any accessories you might want. You can wire things directly to the fuse box and eliminate any rats nests of wire from the past. It is SOOO easy to do all this with the dash out. One recommendation - there is a metal clip on the back of the speedo that attaches to a white plastic loop on the harness . If you might ever want remove the instrument cluster DO NOT attach the harness to that clip (see below). If you are going to repaint your dash frame, the last time I did a dash I painted the inside of the dash frame gloss white - it sure makes it easier when you have to do things under the dash in the future because light reflects around under there and the color contract makes it much easier to see things.
That clip is just above the speedo cable snout - I installed everything and then had a gauge failure and had to remove the cluster and it was a bear. I'm sure it made things easier in the factory installing the harness on a bench like this, but it serves no function once it is all in place.
