Is there any tricks to removing the gauge cluster? I know how to basically get it out. The stering wheel is in the way. Do i have to lower the stering wheel? How would i do that?
Thanks a million
Tim

 

i just tilted it as far down as it goes. it was quite a pita, but it came out.

 

I dropped the column a bit to make the job easier. You might consider wrapping a couple strips of masking tape on the column to avoid scratches. I don't know what your intentions are for the cluster, but while it's out, the time for swapping in white-faced overlays or higher intensity zexon bulbs would be good.

JamesC

 

After you pull the cluster down you have to stick your hand behind the cluster to pop the speedo cable out(this isonly for Camaros).

 

if i recall taking off the light **** takes a lilwork..from what i was told there's a clip under it that you have to push to get it off

 

hey everybody, thanks! Where can i get higher intensity zexon bulbs? Thanks again
Tim

 

http://store.yahoo.com/macewenmotorsports/

JamesC

 

im starting this post again...i have a trans am...how in the he!! does the speedo cable come off. i cant get anything behind the speedo and the cable holds the gauge cluster in tight. how do i get the speedo cable off?

 

What year T/A do you have? I only have expierence w/the electrical impulse type.

 

86 transam. and considering i said speedo CABLE...it is the mechanical cluster.

 

You have to reach your hand behind the cluster, and push in on a spring clip that holds the cable in, and it should pop right out!

 

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how do i get my hand behind the POS. i think ill just cut the cable and buy a new one.

 

86 Doesn't have a cable--at all! You have to pull the gauge cluster face plate off(gray panel)then you'll see a bunch of screws all around the outer part of the cluster--pull those off and the cluster should pull right out. Everything is just plugs.

 

I simply used a long, flat-bladded screw driver. Don't make the removal more difficult than it is.

JamesC

 

Forgot--pull out your little trip odometer plug 1st before doing anything--if you don't you'll crack the clear lens. And if you have a tilt column, put the column all the way down to make it easier on you.

 

my parents bought me the car when i turned 15. i had one year to mess with it. i did a v6 to a v8 swap. i have had my car in pieces before...i know exactly what i have in and on my car. it is a mechanical speedo. anyway how do i use the blade screw driver?

 

Pull the speedo out as far as you can and then use the screw driver to push up on the release clip.

JamesC

 

got it with the screw dirver. james, i owe you all my sanity...