I wedged a screw driver in there and was able coak it out without damage. I strongly suggest disconnecting the battery as you might possible disconnect the clock terminal and it will spark against the metal back there. When I put my gauges back in they didn't work properly so I had to ground out the gauges with alligator clips as suggested on this forum. Just do everything slowly and there should not be a problem.

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