Removing Instument Bezel

From : grumpy

Q: i want to replace my stock radio with a dodge oem cd radio. how is the bezel around the dash board removed. it looks like i can just pry it off. thanks in advance for your help lynn .

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From : tom lawrence

i want to replace my stock radio with a dodge oem cd radio. how is the bezel around the dash board removed. it looks like i can just pry it off. you need to tell us what year and model truck you have. ill assume its a ram for a 94 to 97 there are two screws in the cupholder assembly and two more inside the ashtray. for a 98 theres a single screw in the aux. power outlet in the upper-right for a 99 to 02 there are no screws holding the bezel for an 02+ 1500 or 03+ 2500/3500 theres one screw above the bag hook to the left of the glove compartment. once any screws are removed the panel will indeed pop off just by pulling with your fingers. if your truck falls into the last category above be sure to lower the ashtray and cupholders if its an automatic before popping off the center bezel or the spring clips on the back of the panel will scratch the heck out of the faces of those two accessories as you try and disconnect the electrical connectors. once the bezel is out its just a couple of screws theyll be obvious that hold the radio in and then a couple of electrical connections on the back depending on model year. .

From : grumpy

thanks for your quick reply. it is a 1997 dakota thanks again i want to replace my stock radio with a dodge oem cd radio. how is the bezel around the dash board removed. it looks like i can just pry it off. you need to tell us what year and model truck you have. ill assume its a ram for a 94 to 97 there are two screws in the cupholder assembly and two more inside the ashtray. for a 98 theres a single screw in the aux. power outlet in the upper-right for a 99 to 02 there are no screws holding the bezel for an 02+ 1500 or 03+ 2500/3500 theres one screw above the bag hook to the left of the glove compartment. once any screws are removed the panel will indeed pop off just by pulling with your fingers. if your truck falls into the last category above be sure to lower the ashtray and cupholders if its an automatic before popping off the center bezel or the spring clips on the back of the panel will scratch the heck out of the faces of those two accessories as you try and disconnect the electrical connectors. once the bezel is out its just a couple of screws theyll be obvious that hold the radio in and then a couple of electrical connections on the back depending on model year. .

From : tom lawrence

it is a 1997 dakota then in that case i have no idea .

From : leopoldo gamero divasto

2. during the bs tornado discussion you came up with the ingenious idea that the intake and exhaust gasses are moving at the same speed and volume. you based this on some previous discussion that you had with either denny or mac that i dont ever remember seeing. unless your engine is doing nothing more than a compressor would do this is impossible. need i say more yes try the truth. i never said they were moving at the same speed. i did calculate some intake flow speeds that you could not grasp with your limited and defective math education. btw it was max340 iirc. now you are just lying. while max was in the discussion he was not the one that you mentioned in the discussion where you calculated exhaust gas speeds. without the combustion process which was not part of the discussion an enginme is just an air pump and the volume of flow out will be withing a small percentage of flow in. the problem is that it is an engine that does have a combustion process so your caculations in regard to our discussion were meaningless and incorrect. as for max he could answer for sure for us couldnt he i did say iirc didnt i sure he could but i havent seen any posts from him in quite a while. strike two. again for you. lo kids. 3. a newbie came in here describing a problem with their engine. it would run for a short period of time and then just die and would not restart until it cooled off. he did say that he replaced the ignition controller and the coil. you came up with the idea of carbon locked rings and added symptoms that he never mentioned as the reason for your diagnosis. he later denied that the symptoms you invented were occurring and i said that it is more likely the fuel system vapor lock or ignition and the only reason that i mentioned the fuel system is that he had already replaced most of the ignition. i suggested that he replace the pickup before tearing down the engine like you suggested and as usual you turned it into another pissing match. he backed out of the thread smart man but did reply later that he swapped out the distributor for another that he had and the problem disappeared. unless replacing the distributor can somehow free up carbon locked rings .... i admitted the error which you conveniently overlooked as it would prove you to be what you are a lying troll. the only reason it degraded into a pissing match was because you began one of your vicious name calling attacks instead of talking reasonably a characteristic you have often shown you lack. lol now you are lying on multiple fronts. you in fact did not claim any such thing and when i challenged you on it after you did your usual thing of accusing me of knowing nothing you claimed that you didntt see it yet another lie. it degraded into a pissing match because you answered first and i said something else after that would make you wrong if i was right and i was. your lack of social skills caused the fight not my attitudes. read again you said right here challenged me. you have the bad attitude. lol yea budd it is always one sided and never your fault. i challenged you because as usual when i had a different diagnosis as to the problem you came out with your typical attacks of that i dont know anything and that is what i challenged and won. btw his symptoms of dying when hot and no restart did match what my truck was doing before the overhaul. that is not true. carbon locked rings cause the engine to basically seize until they cool down and he said nothing about that key symptom. in every engine yep. guess again mr master mek-an-ick. you werent there when i was troubleshooting my truck id had you arrested for tresspass yet you know for a fact how it acted. wow bet the nascar and dealer techs wish they could do that. they can do that when the symptoms present themselves but ill ask you then. how exactly would carbon locked rings stop an engine from runnimg and not restarting please list every possible way. as a normal part of the repairs i disassembled cleaned repaired and lubed my distributor which did have sticky advance weights. its a common part of rebuilding an engine so i may have forgotton to mention that part of the rebuild. lol like i forgot to mention plugging up the vacuum line. i guess that it is ok for you to forget something just not anyone else. byw stuck weights will not cause that problem. again youve torn into every engine ever made . . . amazing. lol not necessary to know this. we are talking about a simple mechanical device here not the human body. by your own admission you do not have much experience with engines iirc only a few months to a year and now you are expert. where do you get this stuff from where did i ever say that i have been working on cars since i was around 16. i had my part time buisness for aro

From : joe brophy

i think a good repair manual and a good wrecking bar are just about the same cost. but then the wrecking bar could be used over and over on yours and your friends vehicles in case they need to remove their instrument bezels or other parts as well so maybe the bar is the better of the two investments. just a thought. on sat 21 aug 2004 222122 -0400 leopoldo gamero divasto wrote then no screws just pry out. tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcien5g@earthlink.net escribi en el mensaje it is a 1997 dakota then in that case i have no idea joe brophy countrytech computer email pcfixr@spiretech.com .

From : homebrewer

just pry on it carefully. -- homebrewer 85cj7 in progress http//85cj7.blogspot.com/ 99xj sport remove the xxx to reply! i want to replace my stock radio with a dodge oem cd radio. how is the bezel around the dash board removed. it looks like i can just pry it off. thanks in advance for your help lynn .

From : mike simmons

i want to replace my stock radio with a dodge oem cd radio. how is the bezel around the dash board removed. it looks like i can just pry it off. thanks in advance for your help lynn what vehicle are we talking about mike .