ELEMENT-COUPLING 3396955 - Caterpillar

1. Open access door (4) on the right hand side of the cab.2. Remove filter (2), screws (1) and enclosure (3) if equipped with a heater or air conditioning. 3. Bend clip (5), open and disconnect connector (6) that holds the wiring harness assembly together.4. Remove clip assembly (7), and disconnect connector (9) that holds the wiring harness assembly together.5. Unscrew connector (10) from Electronic Monitoring Systems (EMS) panel (8). 6. Remove clip assemblies (14) that hold the wire assembly connectors together.7. Put identification marks on wire assemblies (11), (12) and (13) as to their correct location.8. Disconnect the connector that holds the wire assemblies together. 9. Remove bolts (15), and slide instrument panel (17) toward the rear of the cab until the dowels in the bracket assembly are disengaged from the grommets in plate (16). 10. Turn the instrument panel over, and put identification marks on all of the electronic wires as to their correct location for installation purposes. Machines with a heater, air conditioning or other attachments may have other wires that must be disconnected so that the instrument panel can be removed from the machine.11. Disconnect wire assembly (18) and other wires if necessary from the instrument panel so that it can be removed from the machine. Remove the instrument panel from the machine. 12. Remove the fuse holders as follows:a. Put identification marks on the wires for correct installation.b. Disconnect wire assemblies (19) from the fuse holders.c. Remove nuts (20). Remove fuse holders (21) from the front of the panel. 13. Remove wiper and washer switch as follows:a. Disconnect the five wires from the back of the switch.b. Loosen the setscrew in knob (23), and remove the knob from the switch control shaft.c. Remove nut (22). Remove the switch from the back of the panel. 14. Remove the panel test switch as follows:a. Loosen two screws (25), and disconnect the wires from switch (24).b. Remove the nut from the switch on the front of the panel.c. Remove switch (24) from the back of the panel. 15. Remove the cigarette lighter as follows:a. Remove the screw, and disconnect wire assembly (27) from the lighter assembly.b. Unscrew retainer (26), and remove the lighter housing from the front of the panel. The individual parts of the Electronic Monitoring System (EMS) are not serviced separately.16. Remove four nuts (28) and the washers to remove the electronic monitoring system (EMS) from the instrument panel.17. Remove the Electronic Monitoring System (EMS) panel (8). 18. Unplug panel lights (29) and (30) from the instrument panel. 19. Remove the start switch as follows:a. Disconnect three wires (31) from the back of switch (32).b. Remove nut (33). Remove switch (32) from the back of the instrument panel. 20. Remove the hour meter as follows:a. Remove clip assembly (35), and disconnect connector (34).b. Remove wing nuts (37) and retaining bracket (36).c. Remove hour meter (38) from the front of the panel. 21. Remove the floodlight switch and running light switch as follows:a. Loosen the