How to remove intrument panel???

[Fal_325i]

Hi Guy's,

Just a quick one, the bulbs have gone on my dash, was tring to get the dash out for an hour but no joy, didn't wanna break anything. The hardest part for me at the moment is taking the blasted cover under the intrument panel out, the one that joins onto the fog light switch panel, so how is this best removed???, do I have to remove the steering wheel covers, if so how? (sorry to sound stupid)

Many Thanks

Fal

[gooner1]

What year is yours mate .Mines an 86 and if you put your hand up beneath the panel there should be 2 knurled
knobs,one at each end undo them and take the narrow panel off and should be plain sailing from there.

[Chris-W]

Remove the under dash knee panel then you will be able to reach up and feel the two thumb bolts (one either end) which hold on the cover under the instruments which you refer to. You than have access to all the screws to remove the instrument cluster.

[cliffybabe]

think this might help ya mate

http://home.comcast.net/~cdeegan9/dashb ... ard_1.html

[Brianmoooore]

If it's the main illumination bulbs for the cluster that have failed, make sure you replace them with the correct wattage bulbs, NOT the more common 5W ones, as they WILL melt the orange covers.
While you've got the cluster out and apart, tighten the brass nuts on the back directly behind the temperature and fuel gauges, check the soldered connections of a large resistor just above the temperature gauge, and check the type and condition of the two batteries on the PCB in the front half.