It was a lazy sunday today and I had nothing to do. I decided that instead of giving a shop $200 to remove my binnacle, I'd do it myself. Wasn't hard at all once I studied the underneith of the dash. In fact, it only took 30 minutes. It was important to have a good work light; I used one of my construction portable halogen lamps. It lit up the underneith like a football field. First, I had to take off the 2 decorative trim pieces under the steering wheel. They are held on by 4 nuts. No biggie. Next I removed the plastic air duct that runs under the dash to the door vent. My door vents are plugged up anyway, so removing this didn't make a difference. With the plastic air duct gone, everything I had to do to remove the binnacle was right there. 6 tiny nuts. I needed to go to the store to get a 'metric' set of nut drivers though (remember our cars were made in Ireland). After the nuts were removed the binnacle slid right out. I had to remove the wire harnesses (which are just snap ins). Then I took off the plastic front. I cleaned all that pesky dust that was stuck in place for 25 years. It was fun seeing how everything works and touching the gage needles. I cleaned everything so it looks brand new. Finally I replaced all the bulbs with LEDs (except for the alternator light - I assumed it won't work with an LED). The tell tale warning lights are now a brilliant, piercing color. I also put white LEDs in for the gage illumination. It looks awesome! The gages now light up a brilliant pure white light. On a side note, while laying on my back on the floor, I saw the front dashboard speakers. They are held on from underneith with 2 nuts and can easily be replaced. The wires are just snap ins. I got a quote for $1,000 for this job. I can do it myself in no time now that I know where to look. To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/