I am going to be replacing my whole dash with one that isnt cracked when I finish painting my interior. Anyone ever remove the whole dash? How many bolts? Where are they? What all connectors need disconnected? Please help me with this as Monday I am either buying this donor truck or am just gonna buy the dash. Any help is appreciated.

 

Huh.

Well it might help to know what year you have.
Did you check the FSM ?

http://webpages.charter.net/laydback.../9instrume.pdf

 

Sorry, its an 87. And no didn't check that, but am checking it now. Thanks

 

I can tell you it's quite an adventure with a 91 Pickup an 87 should be just as fun







best of luck

 

Its not that hard to remove the dash, ive replaced the heater core in two 86 4Runners and the dash has to be completely removed to do it. So removing the dash it self shouldn`t take more than an hour to an hour and a half.

 

OK, guys, thanks alot. I appreciate all the help from everyone. Thanks.

 

You were looking for that blinker fluid again weren't you?

 

Yeah, what can I say. My mechanic said its resevoir is near the heater core. Lol.

 

It's not that hard. You'll need a philips, 10mm socket, and probably a flat screwdriver and pick.

Just look around and remove all the screws/bolts. If it doesn't come out easy, you probably missed one. You shouldn't have to pull on it too hard.

The only tricky part is the little bezel over the heater controls. You need to remove the right side first and kind of "rotate" it off, otherwise you will break it for sure.

 

Thanks guys. I got all the parts I needed off I do appreciate all the help.

 

I got a dash cover for my rig for 80 bucks off of ebay. It stuck on with some adhesive and looks great. before it was all cracked out and faded

 

Hey just an FYI, if you ever need to remove the dash pad, there is a hidden bolt behind the passenger air vent. You need to remove the air duct, and pull out the vent to access this bolt