Removing light and wiper switch stalk

Jimc

Tried finding a DIY to remove the light stalk to replace with the JDM version with fog light control. Anyone know how easy it is to do this?

Thanks

Jim

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The Service Manual (which is available for download in PDF format - look for the Service Manuals section of this forum...) can walk you through it.

It's not horribly difficult if you have basic tools and have done some car interior work before. Roughly speaking (from memory! I could be missing something here), you're probably going to have to disconnect the battery (for airbag-related work, it's critical!), pull the plastic lower cover under the driver's side dash, the steering wheel airbag module, the steering wheel itself, then unscrew / unclip some of the plastic bits around the steering column behind the wheel, and then the big combo meters unit (MPH, RPM, etc) comes off the top as one big unit pretty easily, and *then* you can take off both stalks as one big assembly (you can only replace those as a unit, I'm sure your JDM one is the same).

As far as tools go, most of the job is just a #2 philips and a 10mm socket. A steering wheel puller can be helpful, but at least on my car I was able to just tap the center with a rubber mallet and it came right off by hand. The only other crazy part is the first two screws you remove on the steering wheel (to remove the airbag module from the front), they're those crazy Torx Security screws. It's a Torx head bolt with a pin sticking up in the middle. I don't recall the size for sure (and the manual doesn't say!) but I think it was either T27 or T30 -sized. Just get a set of Torx Security bits if you don't have one already.

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Jimc

I do have the service manual, but did not find that info even though I was specifically looking for it. Still getting use to navigating the sections of the manual, between the index and the section abbreviation.

Again, really appreciate the info... if I do it, for sure I will do a DYI.

Rg

Jim

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Probably the easiest starting point is "11. Remove instrument lower panel LH." on page 15 of section IP (this is for removal of the whole dash, but we're skipping the first 10 steps that are dealing with the center console crap that you don't need to remove). Most of the steps from there on reference other sections of the manual for each piece. Once you get done with "15. Remove combination meter. Refer to MWI-94, Removal and Installation", it should be trivial to then remove the stalks. Ignore that next step about the spiral cable, that can stay in place for this.

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