dash removal how to?

[Ranger5.0]

Hey guys, Im about to start maJOR SURGERY to deal with the cancer around the windshild in the big green pile. I cant seam to figure out how to get the dash out of it tho, any ideas?

 

[baxtej44]

you will probably have to take off trim pieces to find screws.

there are screws EVERYWHERE.

make sure you get them all off.

 

[Ranger5.0]

well, bassed on the assumption that Im not a compleat idiot. Where do i find the screws that hold the dash pad on? I've been looking and pulling things apart as I go and still havent figured it out

 

[baxtej44]

well, bassed on the assumption that Im not a compleat idiot. Where do i find the screws that hold the dash pad on? I've been looking and pulling things apart as I go and still havent figured it out

like i said..... i had to remove trim pieces (that have an xlt logo on the right side) and then bam screws underneath.


i had a total of three trim pieces, one to the left of the steering wheel (which encases my light pull switch), on in the middle left to the left of my "ash tray" aka my change drawer, and one longest one to the right of the change drawer next to my glovebox.

 

[flyingbrick]

Ranger5.0, what dash do you have the rounded *newer* style? Or the older square style?
If you have the *newer* style check the link below, if your dash does not look like that, maybe some one else can step in. baxtej44; either way you have a completely different dash then Ranger5.0.

http://www.therangerstation.com/Magazine/winter2007/1998_heater_core_replacement.htm

 

[baxtej44]

Ranger5.0, what dash do you have the rounded *newer* style? Or the older square style?
If you have the *newer* style check the link below, if your dash does not look like that, maybe some one else can step in. baxtej44; either way you have a completely different dash then Ranger5.0.

http://www.therangerstation.com/Magazine/winter2007/1998_heater_core_replacement.htm

i realize that, but i'm just saying how i got mine off, it might have been the same with the trim pieces and such.

 

[wizkid00104]

If it is a 93 gauge pod, remove the ash tray. There are 2 screws there. The next to the driver door by the dash vent, get a screw driver in there and just pop the clips. It really just pulls off. After that, I am not sure. Thats all the further I went. You will also have to unplug things as you go.

 

[flyingbrick]

i realize that, but i'm just saying how i got mine off, it might have been the same with the trim pieces and such.

He'll have a "hidden screw" dash, but trust me when i say as an owner/ and installer I much prefer having a dash like your dash exposed/easy access screws.

 

[PickupMan04 FX4 L2]

- 2 on the bottom on either side of the tranny hump.. the two on the left and the two on the right and four or five across the top! its areal pita but ive done it on my 95 to replace the heater core..

 

[crawlin91]

http://www.broncoii.org/techpages/dashswap/index.htm

 

[cocoasranger]

If it is a 93 gauge pod, remove the ash tray. There are 2 screws there. The next to the driver door by the dash vent, get a screw driver in there and just pop the clips. It really just pulls off. After that, I am not sure. Thats all the further I went. You will also have to unplug things as you go.

Was exactly the same on my 89 when installing an cd player recently. For once the Haynes and Chilton manuals were right on.