Removal & Installation (Tempo & Topaz)
- Disconnect negative battery cable. Remove screws at bottom of steering column lower cover. Snap out cover. Remove steering column trim shroud. Remove snap-in lower instrument cluster finish panels.
- Remove cluster opening finish panel retaining screws. Remove panel. See Fig 1. Disconnect speedometer cable at transaxle. Remove cluster retaining screws. Carefully pull cluster outward enough to reach behind cluster. Disengage speedometer cable and unplug harness connectors. To install, reverse removal procedure.
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