It also helps if you remove the cruise control module (big silver box).
"John Ings" <nodamned@spam.org> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 09:46:36 -0700, "Mark" <nospam@thanksanyway.org>
> wrote:
>
> >I need to service the main relay, which is located somewhere
> >behind the driver's side dash, way up by the change dish.
> >I have been poking around with a mirror and a flashlight,
> >and I can't even _see_ this thing.
> >
> >Can I access it more easily by removing the plastic surround
> >that runs from the change dish over to the center console?
>
> You have to. It's waaay up there above the fuse panel.
> They hung it from the factory ceiling and then built the car around
> it! :-)
>
> >It's a pain to remove, so I'm hoping someone here has
> >already tried it and can advise me.
>
> Remove the dash underpanel. Lie on the driver's side floorboards with
> your head near the clutch pedal, looking upwards. Experience as a
> contortionist helps. Never mind trying to unscrew the screw that holds
> the relay to the instrument panel support. Just pry the plastic outer
> case apart at the sides and slip the relay assembly out of its cover.
> Here's what it looks like:
> http://www3.telus.net/public/johnings/MainRelay.HTM
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