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Daves55Sedan · 12-10-2018, 05:45 PM

It's been since around 1978 since I took one out of a '56. But it seems like those had two studs along the top where you had to remove the nuts, then one stud on each side near the bottom of the cluster housing. There may also be something holding it in at each side of the steering column. Could be that you gotta remove that cover with the PRNDL on the front side and see if there's two screws behind it, or maybe two studs on the backside in that area.
Anyway, you gotta be able to get your head and arms up under the dash. I never had a problem, being of wiry build.
The '55 cluster is worse than the '56. Those have the four brackets facing straight down so when you remove the nuts, the brackets, washers and wiring clips all fall into the bottom of the dash. It's harder to put 'em all back than to take 'em off by far. Just put one back in my '55 car a month ago.

12-10-2018, 05:45 PM	#2
Daves55Sedan Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Granite City, Illinois Posts: 3,008	Re: Removing Instrument Cluster from Dash 1956 It's been since around 1978 since I took one out of a '56. But it seems like those had two studs along the top where you had to remove the nuts, then one stud on each side near the bottom of the cluster housing. There may also be something holding it in at each side of the steering column. Could be that you gotta remove that cover with the PRNDL on the front side and see if there's two screws behind it, or maybe two studs on the backside in that area. Anyway, you gotta be able to get your head and arms up under the dash. I never had a problem, being of wiry build. The '55 cluster is worse than the '56. Those have the four brackets facing straight down so when you remove the nuts, the brackets, washers and wiring clips all fall into the bottom of the dash. It's harder to put 'em all back than to take 'em off by far. Just put one back in my '55 car a month ago.