PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum - View Single Post - W124 Instrument cluster removal

ramonajim · #3 01-10-2010, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Billybob

When you say the speedo cable is free do you mean that you've found the cable end unscrewed from the rear of the cluster or that it appears free because you have 3-4" of slack and the cluster has moved that distance forward?

The speedo cable is attached by a serrated screw collar to the cluster at its center rear. Its unscrewed counter clockwise. Then the round multi-pin connector of the left hand rear side of the cluster needs to be unplugged. With those things disconnected you can get to the other things easily.

You should have already telescoped the steering column out or rearward as much as possible to give you the clearance between the dash's upper overhang and the wheel.

Sorry - should have been more clear. Thanks for asking....

The speedo cable is still attached to the dash cluster - I can't move the cluster forward far enough to get at anything attached to it.

The 'loose' I was referring to is the speedo cable as it runs up from the floor, along the steering column, and up under the dash. The instructions I linked to indicate removing the cable from a clip along the steering column is step one. Got that done. Cable has free play - but I can't get the instrument cluster to pull forward more than ~ 1/2".

Steering column is full rearward - not that the wheel is an issue at this point - not anywhere close to it yet