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INSTRUMENT PANEL ASSEMBLY (Continued)
(1) Disconnect and isolate the battery negative
cable.
(2) Remove the steering column opening cover
from the instrument panel. (Refer to 23 - BODY/IN-
STRUMENT PANEL/STEERING COLUMN OPEN-
ING COVER - REMOVAL).
(3) Remove the steering column from the vehicle,
but do not remove the driver airbag, the steering
wheel, or the switches from the steering column. Be
certain that the steering wheel is locked and secured
from rotation to prevent the loss of clockspring cen-
tering. (Refer to 19 - STEERING/COLUMN -
REMOVAL).
(4) From beneath the driver side end of the instru-
ment panel, perform the following:
(a) Disconnect the instrument panel wire har-
ness connectors from the 100-way cross body wire
harness connector near the left cowl side inner
panel.
(b) Disconnect the driver side window demister
hose at the heater-A/C housing demister/defroster
duct.
(5) Remove the glove box from the instrument
panel (Refer to 23 - BODY/INSTRUMENT PANEL/
GLOVE BOX - REMOVAL).
(6) Reach through the instrument panel glove box
opening to perform the following:
(a) Disconnect the heater-A/C control vacuum
harness connector from the heater-A/C housing
vacuum harness connector.
(b) Disconnect the instrument panel wire har-
ness connector from the heater-A/C housing wire
harness connector.
(c) Disconnect the cross body wire harness con-
nector from the passenger airbag pigtail wire con-
nector.
(d) Disconnect the passenger side window demis-
ter hose at the heater-A/C housing demister/de-
froster duct.
(e) Disconnect the two halves of the radio
antenna coaxial cable connector.
(f) Remove the two nuts that secure the passen-
ger airbag lower bracket to the studs on the dash
panel (Fig. 13).
(7) Remove the top cover from the instrument
panel. (Refer to 23 - BODY/INSTRUMENT PANEL/
TOP COVER - REMOVAL).
(8) Remove the three screws that secure each end
of the instrument panel structural support to the
cowl side inner panels at the front of each door open-
ing (Fig. 14).
(9) Remove the four nuts that secure the top of the
instrument panel structural support to the studs on
the top of the dash panel.
INSTRUMENT PANEL
Fig. 13 PASSENGER AIRBAG LOWER BRACKET
NUTS REMOVE/INSTALL
1 - GRAB HANDLE
2 - NUT (2)
3 - GLOVE BOX OPENING
4 - PASSENGER AIRBAG LOWER BRACKET
Fig. 14 INSTRUMENT PANEL REMOVE/INSTALL
1 - STUD (4)
2 - NUT (4)
3 - SCREW (6)
(10) With the aid of an assistant, lift the instru-
ment panel off of the dash panel studs and remove it
from the vehicle.
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