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- With the tachometer removed, the oil gauge retaining bracket nut (2, Fig. 13) can be removed and the gauge withdrawn from the fascia (3, Fig. 13).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