Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
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Removing panel below steering wheel
If I would like to remove the panel below the steering wheel (panel - instrument - lower is what LR calls it, [1]), do I just pull from the top towards me or is there something else which keeps it in place? It seemed like it’s held in place with those small metallic clips.
I was chasing down annoying vibrating sounds while driving and noticed the panel seems to rattle. Kind of assumed it’s missing a clip since it seemed slightly loose on the door side.
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6570
Yes, that panel. The one that chills the nuts on a hot summer day 8)
Thanks for the pointer to fleabay, one can get the clips “slightly” cheaper elsewhere (I’ll do a bigger order so I don’t get screwed on shipping) https://rimmerbros.com/Item--i-FYC500040
19th Aug 2018 7:32 pm
Pete K
Member Since: 15 Jan 2016
Location: GL
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Think you pull it at the bottom.
19th Aug 2018 8:38 pm
tayaste
Member Since: 15 May 2013
Location: Chester
Posts: 7633
Grab the top just under the steering cowel and give a sharp pull away. There are two clips at the top, and as Batfink says, it will swivel down on two curved arms at the bottom.
Not often you're wrong fella but … pull from the top. And listen as any remaining clips drop into the abyss behind the panel, never to be found again.
19th Aug 2018 8:58 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6570
Remembered I have a Haynes for TDV6 which isn’t useful on the engine side but is for other things. In chapter 12, section 28, picture 28.14 it says pull on upper edge and shows the clips being on top.
Thanks to everyone’s hive mind
Last edited by kajtzu on 19th Aug 2018 9:15 pm. Edited 1 time in total
19th Aug 2018 9:02 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
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Just watch those clips, they almost break the sound barrier as they zing away.
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