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Tachometer, Oil Pressure & Battery Gauges, Remove and Refit



Remove and Refit

Includes:
Tachometer illumination bulb-remove and refit.
Oil gauge-remove and refit.
Oil gauge illumination bulb-remove and refit.
Heated back-light warning lamp bulb-remove and refit.
Warning lamp cluster-remove and refit.
Battery condition indicator-remove and refit.
Battery condition indicator bulb-remove and refit.

Removing

- Disconnect the battery.





- Press the tachometer (1, Fig. 13) in towards the fascia and rotate in a clockwise direction for right-hand drive cars and anti-clockwise for left-hand drive cars, until the instrument releases from the locking tabs.





- Withdraw the tachometer from the fascia (1, Fig. 14).

- Lever the warning lamp cluster lens from the assembly and working through the tachometer aperture, disconnect the warning lamp cluster harness block connector.

- Rend back the clip securing the cluster harness at rear of the fascia.

- Remove the cluster securing screws and withdraw the unit from the fascia.

- Note the position of the cables and disconnect the Lucar connectors at the back of the instrument (2. Fig. 14).

- Withdraw the bulb holder from the instrument and remove the bulb (3. Fig. 14).

- Remove the heated back-light bulb holder and withdraw the bulb.





- With the tachometer removed, the oil gauge retaining bracket nut (2, Fig. 13) can be removed and the gauge withdrawn from the fascia (3, Fig. 13).

- Remove the oil gauge illumination bulb holder (4, Fig. 13) from the gauge and withdraw the bulb.

- The battery condition indicator can also he removed by removing the retaining bracket nut and withdrawing the indicator from the fascia.

- Disconnect the cables at the Lucar connectors. Remove the battery condition indicator illumination bulb holder and remove the bulb.