dash removal safety question

[meerschm]

I was inspired from Roadie's last post of the HVAC actuator part numbers, and ordered a drivers side temp actuator, so I can stop wearing sandals in long trips in the snow.

I have a fine assortment of removed screws and fasteners, and have pulled various switches, radio, instrument cluster, and HVAC controls also loostened center console and am about to pull the dash, but the air bag in the dash on passenger side is still installed.

I disconnected the battery an hour or so ago, instead of performing suggested SIR disable procedures.

do you think I am ok to disconnect the air bag connector?

 

[meerschm]

ah what the heck. will let you know if it goes off.

 

[The_Roadie]

do you think I am ok to disconnect the air bag connector?

No problem. That's what I did. And as soon as you disconnect it, there's a contact that shorts out the two wires on the air bag side to reduce the risk of static charge firing it off.

 

[meerschm]

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Thanks

I managed to get the actuator changed only these leftover parts. Hope I do not pay for that screw with a random rattle. not sure what the little white nibbies are for, some bumper someplace, I bet.

never could get the console connector off, managed to tilt it out of the way.

seems like it did the trick, based on a quick play with the controls, changing requested passenger air vs driver air temps.


the cable which carries the instrument cluster wires was out of place and had to be moved out of the way. but all is well, near as I can tell.

 

[Blckshdw]

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... not sure what the little white nibbies are for, some bumper someplace, I bet...

Those (from what I've seen) sit on the back of some guide pins on the back of the instrument cluster. If you've taken yours out, they probably got knocked off then. Not sure if anything else uses them.

 

[meerschm]

I figured it was something like that. the instrument cluster is screwed back into the dash, so not sure why it would heed those little guys.

 

[The_Roadie]

That screw looks like one of the under dash closeout panel ones. But as they say, if you take something apart and put it back together enough times.....

Spoiler

Sooner or later you'll have enough parts to make two of 'em.