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Quickurt · 02-06-2010, 10:46 AM

Alright, now the biggest pain and it would now be easier to have a second person to hold the tunnel housing.
The housing lifts up from the rear and the front "fingers" that wrap around both sides of the Center Consule will slide down to kind of rotate it around the shift lever housing that is finally visible.
There are numerous plugs and a wiring harness that must be removed and were impossible to photo. All of the plugs have little release clips. Take your time and use a light to find them and the plugs come right out. If you have to "force" it, you HAVE NOT released them. One is a round unit that rotates about 30 degrees and releases - first pic is where it was, near the ashtray.
There are two metal clips securing the harness toward the shift housing that slid off the plastic housing fingers. There are two black plastic clips that are tie wrap mounts that would NOT come off - second pic - I cut the tie wraps with a small pair of diagonal cutters and replaced the tie wraps when reassembling. Not a problem, at all, just be careful to not cut any of the wires.
With all the plugs unplugged and the wiring harness released, you may now remove the tunnel housing.

02-06-2010, 10:46 AM	#8
Quickurt Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Coastal Oak Forest Posts: 1,069	Alright, now the biggest pain and it would now be easier to have a second person to hold the tunnel housing. The housing lifts up from the rear and the front "fingers" that wrap around both sides of the Center Consule will slide down to kind of rotate it around the shift lever housing that is finally visible. There are numerous plugs and a wiring harness that must be removed and were impossible to photo. All of the plugs have little release clips. Take your time and use a light to find them and the plugs come right out. If you have to "force" it, you HAVE NOT released them. One is a round unit that rotates about 30 degrees and releases - first pic is where it was, near the ashtray. There are two metal clips securing the harness toward the shift housing that slid off the plastic housing fingers. There are two black plastic clips that are tie wrap mounts that would NOT come off - second pic - I cut the tie wraps with a small pair of diagonal cutters and replaced the tie wraps when reassembling. Not a problem, at all, just be careful to not cut any of the wires. With all the plugs unplugged and the wiring harness released, you may now remove the tunnel housing. Last edited by Quickurt; 02-06-2010 at 11:33 AM.