DASH PAD REMOVAL

[eaglejeeper]

I just removed a dash pad from a 1981 Cherokee for use in a 1981 J10.
For anyone that will do a similar removal, I am going to post a brief description of what is required.

First the windshield has to be removed.
Second, there are 6 bolts thru the front lip of the dash pad to remove with hex wrench.
Third, and this is not easy, there are two nuts on the side wings, on each side, that have to be removed. The instrument cluster has to be out and the glove box removed.
Fourth, there are 6 more nuts along the inside (cab side) of the pad that have to be removed from the underside....these are not easy to get to.
But, once all are removed you can joggle out the pad.

[threepiece]

First the windshield has to be removed.
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Apparently it doesn't, I bought a 1975 J20 twenty years ago that was missing the dash pad. The owner said he just recently sold it to someone who removed it. Nothing was molested including the seal and it was obvious the windshield was not removed. I guess a special made driver was used to loosen the screws.

[SJTD]

I can see getting it out without removing the windshield but getting the bolts back in with it and the gasket in place would be a beal rich.

One wonders if the pad front edge was cut around the dash bolt washers or if they were backed out enough to get a blade under the square washers to trim the pad around the bolts.