Instrument cluster removal

Hello,
I've tried to remove the instrument cluster in my 1999 corolla to
replace some bulbs but there isn't enough extension to get behind the
cluster. I removed all the screws but it seems that the wires
connecting the cluster are too short. Have anyone encountered this
problem and if so are there any suggestions to solve this problem?

On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:12:51 -0800, bornfree wrote:

> Hello,
> I've tried to remove the instrument cluster in my 1999 corolla to replace
> some bulbs but there isn't enough extension to get behind the cluster. I
> removed all the screws but it seems that the wires connecting the cluster
> are too short. Have anyone encountered this problem and if so are there
> any suggestions to solve this problem?

Reach around to the rear of the cluster, and locate the connectors. Feel
for the release, push it in and pull the connector out. There are 3 to 5
of them, depending on the model (you didn't say). Then you'll be able to
remove the entire cluster from the car. When you get them free, you'll see
from the shapes and sizes there's only one way to reconnect them.

Thanks much for the info. However, after disconnecting the cluster in
this way won't it be difficult to reconnect it?

Hachiroku ��ロク wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:12:51 -0800, bornfree wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I've tried to remove the instrument cluster in my 1999 corolla to replace
> > some bulbs but there isn't enough extension to get behind the cluster. I
> > removed all the screws but it seems that the wires connecting the cluster
> > are too short. Have anyone encountered this problem and if so are there
> > any suggestions to solve this problem?
>
>
> Reach around to the rear of the cluster, and locate the connectors. Feel
> for the release, push it in and pull the connector out. There are 3 to 5
> of them, depending on the model (you didn't say). Then you'll be able to
> remove the entire cluster from the car. When you get them free, you'll see
> from the shapes and sizes there's only one way to reconnect them.

"bornfree" <selburnm> wrote in message
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Thanks much for the info. However, after disconnecting the cluster in
this way won't it be difficult to reconnect it?

Electrical plugs are easier to re-connect than disconnect.
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Ray O