At 06:31 PM 11/18/2012, Harry Hoffman wrote:
>Do they just pull off or is there some trick? I'd like to replace
>the bulbs so I can see the climate controls at night. Cheers, Harry

If it's cold, warm the sleeves with a hair dryer through the ashtray
opening for a while.

Then grasp them carefully by the stem and exert a controlled
pull.  If you pull by the knob it will come off in your hand, and
within each pair one retaining sleeve sticks up and the other down,
and if you just yank the levers loose you'll break the panel  On the
'84 I sliced the sleeve on each handle from its edge to the retaining
hole so as to make them easier to remove.

The panel itself is held on by two plastic pins inserted into spring
clips in the dash; lower left and upper right.  Pry carefully.

The original bulb/socket combination is NLA, so you'll have to buy
the correct socket and a regular instrument panel lamp (which is how
they should have done it in the first place).

The rear blower switch is held on by plastic tabs on one side and a
flat spring on the other, easy to remove from behind.  I forget how
its light works.

Yrs,
d