Dodge 2000 DURANGO Service Manual page 336

8E - 28 INSTRUMENT PANEL SYSTEMS
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)
(10) Remove the center support bracket from the
instrument panel. Refer to Instrument Panel Cen-
ter Support Bracket in the Removal and Installa-
tion section of this group for the procedures.
(11) Remove the screw that secures the instrument
panel wire harness ground eyelets to the left side of
the Airbag Control Module (ACM) mount on the floor
panel transmission tunnel.
(12) Disconnect the instrument panel wire harness
connector from the ACM connector receptacle.
(13) Remove the glove box from the instrument
panel. Refer to Glove Box in the Removal and
Installation section of this group for the procedures.
(14) Reaching through the instrument panel glove
box opening, perform the following:
(a) Disconnect the two halves of the radio
antenna coaxial cable connector near the center of
the lower instrument panel glove box opening.
(b) Disengage the antenna half of the radio
antenna coaxial cable from the retainer clip near
the outboard side of the lower instrument panel
glove box opening.
(c) Disconnect the blower motor wire harness
connector located near the heater-A/C housing sup-
port brace on the inboard side of the instrument
panel glove box opening.
(15) From under the passenger side of the instru-
ment panel, perform the following:
(a) If the vehicle is so equipped, disconnect the
two instrument panel wire harness connectors from
the Infinity speaker amplifier connector receptacles
on the right cowl side inner panel.
(b) Remove the nut that secures the instrument
panel wire harness radio ground eyelet to the stud
on the right cowl side inner panel.
(16) Loosen the right and left instrument panel
cowl side roll-down bracket screws about 6 mm (0.25
inch) (Fig. 24).
(17) Remove the five screws that secure the top of
the instrument panel to the top of the dash panel,
removing the center screw last.
(18) Pull the lower instrument panel rearward
until the right and left cowl side roll-down bracket
screws are in the roll-down slot position of both
brackets (Fig. 25).
(19) Roll down the instrument panel and install a
temporary hook in the center hole on top of the
instrument panel. Secure the other end of the hook
to the center hole in the top of the dash panel. The
hook should support the instrument panel in its
rolled down position about 46 cm (18 inches) from
the dash panel.
(20) With the instrument panel supported in the
roll-down position:
(a) Disconnect the two instrument panel wire
harness connectors from the door jumper wire har-
ness connectors located on a bracket near the right
end of the instrument panel.
(b) Disconnect the instrument panel wire har-
ness connector from the blower motor resistor con-
nector receptacle on the dash panel.
(c) Disconnect the temperature control cable flag
retainer from the top of the heater-A/C housing
and pull the cable core adjuster clip off of the
blend-air door lever.
(d) Disconnect the demister duct flexible hose
from the adapter on the top of the heater-A/C
housing.
(21) With the aid of an assistant, remove the tem-
porary hook and lift the instrument panel assembly
off of the roll-down bracket screws and remove it
from the vehicle.
INSTALLATION
(1) With the aid of an assistant, install the instru-
ment panel assembly onto the roll-down bracket
screws in the vehicle. Install a temporary hook in the
center hole on top of the instrument panel. Secure
the other end of the hook to the center hole in the
top of the dash panel. The hook should support the
instrument panel in its rolled down position about 46
cm (18 inches) from the dash panel.
(2) With the instrument panel supported in the
roll-down position:
(a) Reconnect the two instrument panel wire
harness connectors to the door jumper wire har-
ness connectors located on a bracket near the right
end of the instrument panel.
(b) Reconnect the instrument panel wire harness
connector to the blower motor resistor connector
receptacle on the dash panel.
(c) Reconnect the temperature control cable flag
retainer onto the top of the heater-A/C housing and
push the cable core adjuster clip onto the blend-air
door lever.
(d) Reconnect the demister duct flexible hose to
the adapter on the top of the heater-A/C housing.
(3) Push the lower instrument panel forward until
the right and left cowl side roll-down bracket screws
are in the installed slot position of both brackets
(Fig. 25).
(4) Remove the temporary hook from the instru-
ment panel and roll the instrument panel up to the
installed position against the dash panel.
(5) Install and tighten the five screws that secure
the top of the instrument panel to the top of the dash
panel. Tighten the screws to 3.2 N·m (28 in. lbs.).
(6) Tighten the right and left instrument panel
cowl side roll-down bracket screws. Tighten the
screws to 11.9 N·m (105 in. lbs.).
(7) From under the passenger side of the instru-
ment panel, perform the following:
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