@tomkuester it is not that bad! I’m doing that job right now again on another pantera..
just make a lot of pictures as you go along..
it was 3 hours to get the dash out… another 30 minutes to empty the dash ..
you do not have to take the center console apart.. or disconnect anything there!
most stuff has a big multi plug on it to take it apart… There are some individual wires which do not have it… Just get a label maker and mark them… two or three wires that I cut and put connectors on them.. not as hard is described above…
when I did my car, My phone died and I lost all the pictures.
That was my big downfall
make a few videos as well… Sometimes you miss something in the pictures, but it shows up in the video
The heater box is removed as well in this picture - you don’t have to do that
I substitute the the screws holding on the dashboard with studs, which made it so much easier because you do not have to find the hole. You just planted it in and put the nut on and you’re done.
Now here is my absolute personal preference… I might get some heat for that, but that’s the way I am… The stuff from Pantera electronics probably works just fine and I did use the little “chip” for the generator light substituting the bulky resistor… but I personally would never use any of the other parts for one simple reason… I cannot check what happens on those electronic components if anything doesn’t work. Yes, the fuse box is 50 years old and I had it out and I cleaned it up and I bent the contacts back where they’re supposed to be and it’s working fine now but if anything doesn’t work, I can go with A multimeter on it and measure it in. I know what’s wrong, on the other thing I do not know what I’m looking at..
But it’s just me being old and stubborn