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Thanks all for this write up, this was amazingly a lot easier than I thought it would be.
The only thing I found tricky was the following step: "Unclip the dashboard insert and disconnect the electrical plug connections. To remove you need to press in the locking tabs before you can push the release levers (grey) up. The Connectors then selr remove as you push the release levers up."
I found getting the dashboard insert out a little non-intuitive. Basically once you take out the two Trox screws (behind the hazard switch and the microphone) the insert really seems to be held in by three black plastic tabs (one far left, one 3/4 to the right by the hazard switch and one far right) and, to a large extent, gravity. I just kept pulling the insert straight up, working one end and then the other and it suddenly popped free.
There are three electrical connectors to the instruments and they and their receptacles are color coded (blue, grey and white if I recall). The levers holding them in (which were more white than grey in my case) are hard to explain. Each connector has a level on its body that when you push it back and up pushes the connector out of its receptacle on the instrument cluster. The trick is there is a tab on the bottom of the connector that keeps the lever from moving. I found I needed a something hard (e.g., a screw driver) to press that tab in so it would move.
There is also the connector for the hazard lights, which just slides into a slot on the insert and, in my case, just fell out when the insert popped free.
When re-assembling the insert, I think the easiest way to re-connect the three connectors is to work left to right (driver-to-passenger). Start with the lever all the way pushed back (where you pushed it to remove it), get the connector started and then pull the level back to the original position, which will pull the connector back into place.
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