Instrument Cluster Removal p19

[50 coupe]

Howdy. I am rewiring my '50 coupe and want to pull the instrument cluster. Can't quite get up under the dash to see how to do it. Searched on the site here but didn't see anything referencing removing the cluster on the 1950 Plymouth. Anyone have any 'tips'?

[dpollo]

I answered this very question about a week ago but I couldn't find that either.

 

  Remove radio panel . Behind the instrument cluster there are 3    3/16 head nuts on studs.  2 are on either side of the speedo, the third is half way up on the left hand side.  Above and on either side of the speedo are 2  studs which press through rubber grommets on the dashboard itself.

 

Removal of the radio panel gives reasonably good access.   Of course, the speedo cable , oil pressure gauge line and temp gauge

will need to be either removed from the back of the dash, or in the case of the temp gauge removed from the engine and fed back through the firewall.  

 

 

   found the other post   page 5 near the top  P18 gauge cluster    1949  same as 50 in this regard

Edited March 15, 2016 by dpollo

[50 coupe]

Many thanks dpollo!! You just made this so much easier. I couldn't get up there far enough to see all that. I did see the one stud/nut and had to feel around but couldn't find the other attach points.

 

** Hey Mods; any way to add tags to previous posts? I know there are times I search for something many different ways then when I stumble on what I am looking for I want to add tags or search terms to. Ie, 'dash board, or gauge' may not find 'instrument cluster'. Would be great to go to a post and add these tags.
Thanks.