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Instrument cluster...how to hook up the retaining cable?

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 5:53 pm
by canada karl
what's the trick to reinstall the retaining cable .....Can't get in from underneath?....can't set it into the slot with the cluster installed?

Instrument cluster...how to hook up the retaining cable?

Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 2:47 am
by pappentl
IIRC you can lay the cable with the nut loosened in the slot or track as you install the cluster into the dash, then tighten the nut from below. the nut will slop down into position as the cluster goes home.

...tom



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#AOLMsgPart_1_c25ab1f3-9084-4d88-8124-10ea88ac57a1 td{color: black;} what's the trick to reinstall the retaining cable .....Can't get in from underneath?....can't set it into the slot with the cluster installed?



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Slot

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 11:52 pm
by D.
I tie a two foot long string to the end of it to guide it in there.