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Old 06-09-2007 | 09:36 PM
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Default How to remove the instrument cluster pod?

I'm using this web page as an instruction,
http://www.lotususa.com/Alex/911Carrera4S/page4.htm

however, I have tried my best to remove the hazard warning bezel but it just won't budge.
What is holding it in there? Anybody have a picture of it?
Old 06-09-2007 | 10:00 PM
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Removing the instrument mount To remove the hazard warning light switch: switch on the switch -12- (button comes out). There are small openings
on the sides which now project over the instrument cowl.
Insert two narrow screwdrivers into the openings -arrow
A- and pull off the button towards the front. The hazard
warning light switch -13- is held in the instrument bridge
-17- by two locking hooks -arrow B-. Press the right locking
hook toward the switch, grip the button holder with a
pair of pliers and pull out the switch toward the front. Press
the collar -14- out from the rear. Pull off the cover -15- on
the left side and undo the fastening screws -16-. Lift the
instrument mount -17- on the left and right and unclip from
the clips -4-.
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Old 06-09-2007 | 10:58 PM
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The button came out but the switch (13) won't budge.
Pressing the hooks in and pulling with pliers only gets it out 2mm, then it stops, solid.
Old 06-09-2007 | 11:17 PM
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try this link.

http://boxsters.addr.com/hacks/cluster.htm

It worked for me when I removed the instruments to clean the inside of the gauge lenses. IIRC the switch cover reveals a torx screw. The switch is removed later, and slides easily once the cluster is popped out.

Stefan
Old 06-09-2007 | 11:41 PM
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The bezel has been removed in that picture. I can't get the bezel to move either.
Don't know what holds it in there.
Old 06-09-2007 | 11:56 PM
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I think I used a very wide screwdriver (similar to very narrow putty knife) covered with a rag, slid it behind the bezel and worked my way around it. It finally popped out. Try spraying armorall in there to lubricate things.

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