binnacle (instrument cluster pod) removal

[deloreanernst@xxxx]

In a message dated 9/14/01 7:38:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
tgoodwin@xxxx writes:


> On page M:10:02, it says to refer to section P for removal of the instrument
> cluster. I've been over section P and still can't find it. Can anyone give
> me a page number so I can verify the page exists.

I don't see it either. Another void in the original manuals. For anyone 
else who needs it, here's the procedure from Travis Graham's web page:
> from: http://www.delorean.org/tgraham/projects.htm
> 
> Binnacle Removal (Revised Version)
> Author: Travis Graham 
> Level of difficulty: relatively easy
> Equipment needed: 10mm and 7mm sockets and wrenches, 1 phillips-head 
> screwdriver.
> Procedure:
> 1) Remove the two driver's side knee pads with the 10mm socket. (There are 
> 8 nuts total)
> 2) Lay in the floorboard and use the 7mm socket to remove the four nuts 
> that secure the binnacle to the dash. Also, try to keep up with the larger 
> washers that will fall and hit you square in the face while you are 
> working. You may find an extension for the socket driver to be helpful in 
> reaching the two nuts that are closest to the seat, there are some 
> strategically-placed metal parts obstructing the path.
> 3) Lift up on the binnacle, but be careful with the trip meter! It can be 
> broken easily, especially if you are removing the instrument cluster. The 
> electrical connectors remove easily, and the speedo cable pops right off...
> 4) The instrument cluster is held into the binnacle by use of four 
> oddly-placed black screws. Use the screw driver to get to them and then you 
> can pull the instrument cluster out.
> 5) Everything should go back together just like when it all came off. Just 
> keep your fingers crossed that everything works when you reassemble it, or 
> you may become much too familiar with the binnacle removal procedure after 
> you do it again!
> 

Wayne A. Ernst
DMCTech Group
vin 11174



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