interior removal/replace, Haynes manual no help.. dumb questions Options

[tat2dphreak]

ok, the dash on my old car is 10X better than the new one... I'm about to sell the old car, but am going to remove a couple of these interior items first...

first the dash... the soft part (pass. side, near windshied) is what I really need to replace... but I can't figure out how to get this part(or the hard part) off... I removed the lower dash(knee pad) thinking that it would give access.. but it did not help... also, I saw there are 2 holes: one at either end, concealed by the door when closed... are there supposed to be screws in these? if so, what kind? they appear to be completely empty...

the other piece I am having trouble with is the passenger seat... the driver's seat came out just like Haynes said it would... the Passenger seat will slide all the way forward, but not pop out... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

last part, removing the back pad... I have removed all of the screws and the engine release knob... but the plastic piece behind the knob seems to have become a permanant part of both the backpad and the cable... it won't budge.... what's the secret to getting this off?

a pic showing the dash part I need to get to:

[Joe.D]

I'll answer what I know, and leave the rest for others.

Backpad: That flat disc is also threaded, and needs to be unscrewed. It has two little pin holes, and there is a tool that fits into them - but you can usually use something else, such as the tips of a pair of needle nose pliers. Counter clock wise turn to remove.

Right seat works the same as the left - for those years with a movable right seat. There is a a spring interlock in the outside track that you have to pust upwards in order to slide the seat forward beyond the normal stop. If you have a fixed right seat, someone else will have to reveal how to remove it.

The plugs in the side of the dash board need to be removed, and there are #2 phillips head screws in each hole. The pad tends to backfill into the holes over time, but they're in there.

The "hard part" of the upper dash is held on with screw that are reached from underneath, but they're not easy to see. I recall a thread here about replacing the dashtop but don't have the link handy.

The "Soft part" of the dash top is glued to padding underneath it which is glued to the metal dashboard. It is also held in place by being pinched by the hard part, and by an end-to-end seal/clip that follows the curve of the windshield. It will be hard to remove the clip without breaking it, and hard to remove the top material without tearing the padding beneath it.

Good luck.
Joe