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Help please, removing gage cluster '97 E420

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Old 06-16-2006, 08:00 AM
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Help please, removing gage cluster '97 E420

I'd really appreciate if someone could tell me how to pull the gage cluster from my '97 E420.

I did a search which indicated that on some older cars, you hook the sides and pull it forward, but this didn't work for me.

Thanks for any help here guys,

John
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Tug harder, it should work. Some people simply pull it by grabbing the inside edge of the gauge with their barehands, without the hooks.
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Thanks for the reply.

I was pulling so hard it seemed like something may have been about to break!

John
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.... nothing to brag about, it is a previous model....
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Thanks for the reply.

I was pulling so hard it seemed like something may have been about to break!

John

don't forget to wiggle left and right, not just straight out.
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Very cool guys, got it out, THANKS. Just wanted to make sure I didn't force anything.

Now that I have that done, I have a bulb out in the climate control panel (above the radio). How does that one come out?

Thanks again,
John
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Those little stereo removal hooks you get at the dealer. Just go there; buy the hooks and tell them what light it is, you can walk out with everything. That's literally about a 30 second fix with the hooks.
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Thanks C-2

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