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Installation Procedure

    Fig 1: Identifying I/P Compartment Door Lock Cylinder
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  1. Position the instrument panel compartment latch fork bolt in the up position.
  2. Grasp the instrument panel compartment lock cylinder. Depress the rear-most, light-colored tumbler that is flush with the instrument panel compartment lock cylinder surface.
  3. Insert the key.

    All the tumblers will now stay depressed.

  4. Insert the instrument panel compartment lock cylinder, with the key inserted, into the instrument panel compartment latch housing. Ensure that the front projection pin is at the appropriate 8 o'clock position.

    The instrument panel compartment lock cylinder will drop into place.

  5. Rotate the key counterclockwise until the key stops.
  6. Remove the key, the tumblers will now release.

    The instrument panel compartment lock cylinder is now locked into the instrument panel compartment latch housing.

  7. Install the instrument panel compartment latch. Refer to Latch Replacement - Instrument Panel (I/P) Compartment .