Miata Mailing List: August 1998, Message #4

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Just pull  on the cowl with a lot of force.  It will make a god-awful
screech when it seperates.  It is held in place by metal clips.  There are
then 4 more screws if you want to yank the instrument cluster.

Jack Hamilton & Shoryu ['96 Montego Blue & Tan]
"Shoryu" = "Sea Blue Dragon"
-----Original Message-----
From: Jaime C. Villacorte <jaimev@netcom.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <miata@realbig.com>
Date: Friday, July 31, 1998 11:38 AM
Subject: Instrument cowl removal


>
>Is it possible to remove the instrument cowl on my '94 without
>removing the steering wheel? I removed the philips screws from the bottom
>of the cowl, gave a tug, but it didn't budge. From the shop manual,
>it's not quite clear whether I also need to remove the steering wheel
>to remove the cowl.
>
>I wanted to stick my garage door opener inside the cowl, run wires to
>a remote pushbutton that I would mount near the center console, and
>also run wires to the opener for power.
>
>Advanced thanks for any help/suggestions.
>
> jaime villacorte  jaimev@netcom.com
http://www.wenet.net/~jaimev/miata.html
> Laguna Blue 94B    Irvine, CA
>
>