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removing dash & steering wheel

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crazymikey   +1y
Well guys,thanks for the replies. Before I even read any of these replies I was busy all afternoon stripping my interior. I got the 3 bolts across the top,2 on the sides,2 under the dash,the one behind the cluster,got all the trim off the dash and the steering column cover off. I just need to undo some more stuff and get the wheel puller to yank it out.

Oh,one more question: Headliner in a std cab. Do you have to take the back window out or just remove the window seal? And those friggin two trim pieces on the corners of the roof with the 2 push pins that hold them in and hold in the headliner and the A pillar piece. How the hell do you get those off? I broke the one on the passenger side taking it off and I can't get the one off on the driver's side.

Everything else has come out no problem for me.
bagged89mazda   +1y
the corner trim pcs take a aul (used for digging out nails to so you can pull out the nails in wood ) And nock that little circle in the center of the corner trim . its just a little thin plastic pc. no matter what you do those lil cover pcs ' are gona break. Theres a small size phillps screw behind there to take that trim off. The back windown seal might have to be pulled down to get the headliner out ..
bagged89mazda   +1y
Driver and passenger side a- pillers are held with 1 screw at the top near the door jamb- Take that one out and the pc's should come right out
crazymikey   +1y
I got the a pillars out but broke the ends where they mount underneath the stupid roof corner pieces with the 2 push pins. Those are the two pieces I can't get out.

crazymikey   +1y
Just when I was almost 'aul' out if ideas....
bagged89mazda   +1y
LIKE I SAID theres what looks like a dot - its a plastic cover for a screw that holds that peice in . You should be able to get that to come out . 99% of the time they break when you try to remove them . You'll see a small diameter screw take a phillps and boom your done - it should come right out .
crazymikey   +1y
I'll have to look for that. I didn't see one,it appears as if the piece is just held in with the two push pins.

Anyways,I appreciate the help guys!
crazymikey   +1y
My god I must be an idiot. All along I thought they were push pins,but no,they were those little dots you were talking about. Made no sense to me why they would use both screws and push pins on the same piece.

Funny how the simplest of things can be so difficult,haha.
crazymikey   +1y
Well I rented a wheel puller today,popped my wheel off,was able to pull my dash out and now have my grey one mounted in the truck and currently installing it. My truck looks sooooo much better now with a grey interior. Matches the primer exterior,lol.