Re: [DML] Radio removal?

[jwit6@xxxx]

Just did this last week. If you want to work on the lights and switches for 
the climate control panel, here's how to go about it. Disconnect the negative 
battery terminal. Remove the two screws from the tray at the rear of the 
center console, two screws from the metal shift lever/clock/dimmer panel and 
the shifter knob. Pop off the the shifter boot frame and from the panel and 
remove the boot. Lift out the panel and disconnect the dimmer control and 
clock connectors. Remove 6 10mm hex nuts securing the console to the body. 
Remove two screws securing the front sides of the console to the lower dash 
knee pads. Lift the console slightly from the rear and disconnect the window 
switch connectors, rear defrost connector and cigarette lighter connector and 
bulb. Lift out the console from the rear and remove. Remove the three knobs 
from the heater/fan/mode switch unit. Remove one screw found behind the 
center mode switch knob. Remove the panel face. Remove the two lower hex nuts 
securing the panel to the body. Remove the two upper screws securing the 
panel to the dash. Pop the entire center vent assembly out of the metal 
panel. Remove the radio knobs, hex nuts, and rear radio strap fastener. 
Disconnect all radio wires. Remove radio through the vent opening. One 
additional screw mounts the mode switch to the panel. Light and flasher 
switches and bulbs snap out of the panel. Record all bulb positions. Three of 
them are numbered 1-3 left to right. Reassembly of the vent requires you to 
remove the vents from the vent housing. Then install the rubber boots to the 
dash vent work, and then install the vent housing while guiding the boots 
onto the housing. Then snap the vents back into the housing. Pay attention to 
how the vents come out and reassemble the same way. It's not necessary to 
disasemble the entire panel and console to get just the radio out.It can be 
removed through the vent assembly opening.
Enjoy :-)
Jim