instrument fiasco

[Les Parker]

I see the sense in taking the steering wheel off, access to the guages/speedo is certainly easier, especially if you suffer from BHS (big hands syndrome).
Loosen the cable from the clip on the support by the steering coloumn in the engine bay to allow more length of the cable to be pulled into the interior of the veh.
Hope this helps.

[Daurie]

I definately pull the steering wheel off when I do anything that will require removing the gauge panel on my Series 3. It makes things so much easier and it takes about 30 seconds to pull off.

When I first got this truck I was chasing an electrical issue (imagine that!) and had the panel off so often that the center cap now resides in my toolbox!

[vandermeter]

oops, know you're right,male and male... gues the square end is down inside the dash somewhere.. I'll order a new cable.

[Momo]

Originally Posted by Daurie
...it came off in my hands when I pulled myself into the truck one day. Guess the PO forgot to tighten that nut enough....

Coulda been worse...at least you weren't driving it!

[vandermeter]

Thanks a million guys, and of course,Yes, you're of course right -pulled the missing cable end out of the dash assembly...male square end.

Just seems next to impossible to get the instrument cluster back into position behind the steering wheel without an ...instrument light pulling out of it's clip, or a wire connector coming loose, or the speedo cable(prior to it surrendering it's life)coming out of the speedometer gauge itself...@#!!!%^$&*(!!??.

You seem to have about a quarter of an inch of wiggle room..is all. I will wiggle on in silence my brothers.