Instrument Cluster Components Removal; Cluster Bulb Removal; Cluster Lens Removal; Odometer Reset Knob Boot Removal - Jeep Cherokee 2000 Service Manual

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REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)
receptacles on the back of the cluster housing. Do
not pull on the instrument cluster by the lens
or mask sections, or the cluster components
may become separated.
(5) Remove the instrument cluster from the instru-
ment panel.
INSTALLATION
(1) Position the instrument cluster to the instru-
ment panel.
(2) Align the instrument cluster with the cluster
opening in the instrument panel and push the cluster
firmly and evenly into place. The instrument panel
has two self-docking wire harness connectors that
will be automatically aligned with, and connected to
the cluster connector receptacles when the cluster is
installed in the instrument panel.
(3) Install and tighten the four screws that secure
the instrument cluster to the instrument panel.
Tighten the screws to 2.2 N·m (20 in. lbs.).
(4) Install the cluster bezel onto the instrument
panel. Refer to Cluster Bezel in the Removal and
Installation section of this group for the procedures.
(5) Reconnect the battery negative cable.
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER COMPONENTS
Some of the components for the instrument cluster
used in this vehicle are serviced individually. The
serviced
components
instrument cluster indicator lamp and illumination
lamp bulbs (including the integral bulb holders), the
odometer reset knob boot, the cluster lens, the clus-
ter hood and mask unit, and the instrument cluster
housing rear cover. Following are the service proce-
dures for the instrument cluster components.
WARNING: ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AIR-
BAGS,
REFER
TO
RESTRAINT SYSTEMS BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY
STEERING
WHEEL,
INSTRUMENT PANEL COMPONENT DIAGNOSIS OR
SERVICE. FAILURE TO TAKE THE PROPER PRE-
CAUTIONS COULD RESULT IN ACCIDENTAL AIR-
BAG DEPLOYMENT AND POSSIBLE PERSONAL
INJURY.
REMOVAL
CLUSTER BULB
This procedure applies to each of the incandescent
cluster illumination lamp or indicator lamp bulb and
bulb holder units. However, the illumination lamps
and the indicator lamps use different bulb and bulb
holder unit sizes. They must never be interchanged.
Be certain that any bulb and bulb holder unit
removed from the cluster electronic circuit board is
include:
the
incandescent
GROUP
8M
-
PASSIVE
STEERING
COLUMN,
INSTRUMENT PANEL SYSTEMS
reinstalled in the correct position. Always use the
correct bulb size and type for replacement. An incor-
rect bulb size or type may overheat and cause dam-
age to the instrument cluster, the electronic circuit
board and/or the gauges.
(1) Disconnect and isolate the battery negative
cable.
(2) Remove the instrument cluster from the instru-
ment panel. Refer to Instrument Cluster in the
Removal and Installation section of this group for the
procedures.
(3) Turn the bulb holder counterclockwise about
sixty degrees on the cluster electronic circuit board.
(4) Pull the bulb and bulb holder unit straight
back to remove it from the bulb mounting hole in the
cluster electronic circuit board (Fig. 13).
Fig. 13 Cluster Bulb Locations
1 – CLUSTER ILLUMINATION BULBS
CLUSTER LENS
(1) Disconnect and isolate the battery negative
cable.
(2) Remove the instrument cluster from the instru-
ment panel. Refer to Instrument Cluster in the
Removal and Installation section of this group for the
procedures.
OR
(3) Work around the perimeter of the cluster hous-
ing to disengage each of the latches that secure the
cluster lens to the cluster housing (Fig. 14).
(4) Gently pull the cluster lens away from the clus-
ter housing.
ODOMETER RESET KNOB BOOT
(1) Disconnect and isolate the battery negative
cable.
(2) Remove the instrument cluster from the instru-
ment panel. Refer to Instrument Cluster in the
Removal and Installation section of this group for the
procedures.
(3) Remove the cluster lens from the cluster hous-
ing. Refer to Instrument Cluster Components -
Cluster Lens in the Removal and Installation sec-
tion of this group for the procedures.
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