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**Already Gone** · 07-14-2005, 03:19 PM

This one should be easy to answer. I bought a new dash bezel and want to install it. My question is how do the headlight and wiper switchs come off . Do they just pull off from the front or do I have to crawl under the dash and push a relese button to get them off?

krue · 07-14-2005, 03:27 PM

Turn your headlights on, then reach up under the dash and mash the button that is on top of the switch and finish pulling the nob off. Wiper knob is held on with a screw. May want to unhook your battery or the headlights might drain it.

Mongo · 07-14-2005, 03:39 PM

also it is easier to turn the wipers to the on postion to get the little screw holding the knob on.

byrd · 07-14-2005, 05:06 PM

You should also drop the column down a bit by loosening the strap under the column to give you about 1 1/2" more clearence to reinstall the cluser without scratching the bezel. Randy

krue · 07-14-2005, 05:42 PM

I need to write up a FAQ for this with pics, hopefully this weekend.

shifty · 07-14-2005, 06:26 PM

if you're going from a 3-hole dash to a vacuum dash, don't forget to rewire everything or you'll fry something

**Already Gone** · 07-14-2005, 08:05 PM

Thanks for the good and quick responses.. I am just changing the bezel, not the gauges .. Should I still loosen the steering column if I'm just changing the bezel ?

byrd · 07-14-2005, 09:11 PM

absolutely it will make it so much easier. You have to take the cluster out of the truck to change the bezel anyway, and that's where the loosening it will come in handy, easier to get old one out and lessen the chance of scratching te new one. Randy

**Already Gone** · 07-15-2005, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by byrd

absolutely it will make it so much easier. You have to take the cluster out of the truck to change the bezel anyway, and that's where the loosening it will come in handy, easier to get old one out and lessen the chance of scratching te new one. Randy

You mean if I take the headlite and wiper knob off and the 4 or so outside visible screws holding the bezel on it just wont come of from the front, I have to go under the dash and undo the gauge cluster as well just to get the bezel off.. If that is the case that was sure some dumb engineering by GM back then, and I'll wait till I get my new gauges before installing the bezel.

byrd · 07-15-2005, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Already Gone

You mean if I take the headlite and wiper knob off and the 4 or so outside visible screws holding the bezel on it just wont come of from the front, I have to go under the dash and undo the gauge cluster as well just to get the bezel off.. If that is the case that was sure some dumb engineering by GM back then, and I'll wait till I get my new gauges before installing the bezel.

I wouldn't say it was dumb, they had to have room behind the bezel for the headlight switch and the wiper switch so the inner part of the cluster had to be smaller, no choice. there is 8 screws that hold the bezel to the rest of the cluster and the bezel is what hold it all in place with the 6 screws you can see from the outside. to undo the cluster takes all of 3 minutes, remove the knobs as we said earlier, unhook speedo, unplug the cluster, then unscrew the oil pressure line( if appliciable), remove the two screws that hold the u shaped plate to the dash where the column enters the dash to get to the bolt to loosen the column,then loosen the column and then remove the 6 screws that you can see from the outside and it will slip right out. reverse these instuctions exactly for reinstalling the cluster. It's really very easy and only takes about 30 min to get old one out and new one in. Randy

krue · 07-14-2005, 10:01 PM

Another tip is to reach up and remove the top row of bulbs, they just turn a 1/4 turn and
they're out.

07-14-2005, 03:19 PM	#1
Already Gone 70+ ( Old Skool Club ) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan ,Canada Posts: 9,139	Quick Question!! This one should be easy to answer. I bought a new dash bezel and want to install it. My question is how do the headlight and wiper switchs come off . Do they just pull off from the front or do I have to crawl under the dash and push a relese button to get them off? __________________ 1972 C10 Custom/Deluxe 613 Highlander 406/700R4 1999 White Tahoe LS 4x2 with Z56 Police Package 1992 K1500 GMC Suburban Members I have personally met: MusicMan70 - HeavyD - ChewyChevy67 - StingRay -71SWB4x4 - 67 Burb - DeadheadNM - too much stuff - bc65 - das601 " Circumsatances Do Not Change Responsibility " " The Sky is not the Limit, Your Mind is." Marilyn Monroe .. RIP Charlie Watts 1941 - 2021

07-14-2005, 03:27 PM	#2
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,450	Turn your headlights on, then reach up under the dash and mash the button that is on top of the switch and finish pulling the nob off. Wiper knob is held on with a screw. May want to unhook your battery or the headlights might drain it. __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

07-14-2005, 03:39 PM	#3
Mongo YES_____NO Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Somewhere in the vicinity of betelgeuse Posts: 7,351	also it is easier to turn the wipers to the on postion to get the little screw holding the knob on. __________________ People many not remember what you said or what you did, but they will remember the way you made them feel. - unknown Cause, remember: no matter where you go... there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai 1984 Help support the board

07-14-2005, 05:42 PM	#5
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,450	I need to write up a FAQ for this with pics, hopefully this weekend. __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

07-14-2005, 06:26 PM	#6
shifty Questionable Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 13,376	if you're going from a 3-hole dash to a vacuum dash, don't forget to rewire everything or you'll fry something __________________ If I've got anything up for grabs, it'll be here: 7-hole gauge cluster for a 67-72 p/u FREE (link) I can't check the forum daily. If I don't reply to you within 24 hours, drop me a PM! I'm (hopefully) still alive and will reply faster to a PM.

07-14-2005, 08:05 PM	#7
Already Gone 70+ ( Old Skool Club ) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan ,Canada Posts: 9,139	Thanks Thanks for the good and quick responses.. I am just changing the bezel, not the gauges .. Should I still loosen the steering column if I'm just changing the bezel ? __________________ 1972 C10 Custom/Deluxe 613 Highlander 406/700R4 1999 White Tahoe LS 4x2 with Z56 Police Package 1992 K1500 GMC Suburban Members I have personally met: MusicMan70 - HeavyD - ChewyChevy67 - StingRay -71SWB4x4 - 67 Burb - DeadheadNM - too much stuff - bc65 - das601 " Circumsatances Do Not Change Responsibility " " The Sky is not the Limit, Your Mind is." Marilyn Monroe .. RIP Charlie Watts 1941 - 2021

07-14-2005, 10:01 PM	#11
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,450	Another tip is to reach up and remove the top row of bulbs, they just turn a 1/4 turn and they're out. __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"



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