Just after removing the dash. Pretty easy, really.
The dash, safely stored in the rear compartment.
A view from the drivers side.
After pulling the heater core, from the drivers side. Look at all that built up dirt (it's really worse than it looks).
Again, from the passenger side.
After a bit of cleaning, although it doesn't really show in the photo.
Here's my respliced wires for the wiper (The terminal block is for the auxillary power system). The PO wired them directly to the battery rather then replace the fuse (I'm not sure why, either).
The terminal I made for my tach, by soldering to the O2 sensor light that I don't need anymore (I put in a new speedo cable while I was doing this that bypasses the milage counter).
A better picture, with the tape I used for insulation (didn't have any heat shrink).
Here's my redone 14 pin connector. I think this is correct for the 85 cluster.
This is where I ran the tach cable in at. For reference, the black thing is part of the brake system (master cylander?) and that grommet is right next to the heater core.
Everything cleaned up, ready for the dash to go back in. The door panels are off because I ran new speaker cables while I was in there.
Be careful when handling the dash. Sharp edges!
Dash back in, sans heater core.
I tried to show it from the drivers side, but there was this lovely backlight. Still, I thought it was pretty.
What is the pin on the upper left for? This plugs in behind the key, and there's a pin that I don't have a wire for.
New cluster in place. Little do I know that I have to take it out again to fix the 14 pin terminal connector.
This van hasn't looked this good in at least 3 years (I've only owed it for 1.5).