Cluster Mask/Lens: Removal

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Fig 1: Identifying Mask/Lens & Cluster Housing

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The mask and lens are serviced together as a unit. If replacement is required for either of these components, they both will be replaced as a unit.

Remove instrument cluster (Refer to ELECTRICAL/INSTRUMENT CLUSTER - REMOVAL) .
To separate the mask/lens (1) from the cluster housing (2), depress the locking tabs, starting at one point and working all the way around the cluster (2), and then pull up on the lens (1).
To separate the mask (2) from the cluster housing (2), remove the lens (1) first of all, then depress the locking tabs, starting at one point and working all the way around the cluster (2), and then pull up on the mask (2).