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Instrument Panel Cluster Lens

REMOVAL PROCEDURE

NOTE: Whenever the Instrument Panel Cluster (IPC) is removed from the vehicle, DO NOT set the IPC on its face for more than 15 minutes or damage to the fluid filled air core gages may result.

IMPORTANT: Maintain the cleanest environment possible when servicing the IPC lens. The cluster utilizes ultra-violet (UV) lighting; the slightest amount of dirt or dust allowed to get behind the lens will be extremely visible when the UV lighting is on.

IP Cluster lens Replacement: Removal Procedure:




1. Remove the IPC from the vehicle.
2. Remove the I/P cluster bezel.
3. Working from the outer tabs toward the inner tabs, release the IPC lens locking tabs.
4. Remove the IPC lens from the IPC.

INSTALLATION PROCEDURE

IP Cluster lens Replacement: Installation Procedure:




1. Install the IPC lens into position on the IPC.
1.1. Align the lens locking tabs into the slots.
1.2. Align the lens onto the alignment pins.
2. Install the IPC lens locking tabs to seat the lens.
3. Install the I/P cluster bezel.
4. Install the IPC to the vehicle.