you can buy the special tools $$$ but good for putting seat springs back on too. Or get a coat hanger make a vary small j or l and slide it into the dash between the cover and the cluster. Turn them so the hook (j or L ) is on the cluster case and pull. Thats it.

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Martin Ingram
Colorado Springs
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