Great explanation. Also on my '96 bank one sensor 1 I accessed the O2 sensor with the SHORTEST O2 socket in my kit (22 mm I think- bought from Advance Auto and only had three O2 sensor socket HOWEVER the longest one restricted me from being able to attach my ratcheting breaker bar). I removed the sensor from under the truck.Center console removal
Tools required
1/4" ratchet
extensions (optional but very helpful)
8mm socket
10mm socket
magnetic pickup
wood block
hand sledge (or big hammer)
Step 1
Remove tissue box-coin holder
Step 2
remove the cubbyhole compartment by pulling up and toward you
Step 3
remove cup holder piece
Step 4
Remove 2-8mm bolts
loosen the 10mm connector retaining bolt.
Disconnect this connector and route up under the heater controls to move it out of the way temporarily.
Step 5
Remove 2-8mm bolts in the console. These are threaded into the transmission hump
Step 6
use a wood block against the metal bracket, and hit hard with a hammer toward rear until the console moves back about 2 inches. Note how the rear legs ( or feet ) go under metal tabs in the hump for re assembly
To help a stubborn one get out-
If you look real close--at the bottom edge of the console toward the rear is a small cut out--raised edges area. You can get a screwdriver up in there and press upwards on the release tabs, then push the console back toward rear of truck.
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Installation is reverse of removal.
For a more in depth procedure--go here for seat and interior panel removal. This will help you deal with the carpet without cutting it.
This right here is what i needed to know. I drive a 95 xlt and its got the full size center console and im trying to get the ventilation in the back seat to work again. I was wondering is there a second Blower motor in that thing? or is the whole ventilation powered by the motor under the hood and its just an acuator door thats keeping the back vents from blowing air?Center console removal
Tools required
1/4" ratchet
extensions (optional but very helpful)
8mm socket
10mm socket
magnetic pickup
wood block
hand sledge (or big hammer)
Step 1
Remove tissue box-coin holder
Step 2
remove the cubbyhole compartment by pulling up and toward you
Step 3
remove cup holder piece
Step 4
Remove 2-8mm bolts
loosen the 10mm connector retaining bolt.
Disconnect this connector and route up under the heater controls to move it out of the way temporarily.
Step 5
Remove 2-8mm bolts in the console. These are threaded into the transmission hump
Step 6
use a wood block against the metal bracket, and hit hard with a hammer toward rear until the console moves back about 2 inches. Note how the rear legs ( or feet ) go under metal tabs in the hump for re assembly
To help a stubborn one get out-
If you look real close--at the bottom edge of the console toward the rear is a small cut out--raised edges area. You can get a screwdriver up in there and press upwards on the release tabs, then push the console back toward rear of truck.
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Installation is reverse of removal.
For a more in depth procedure--go here for seat and interior panel removal. This will help you deal with the carpet without cutting it.
in my 98, theres another blower in the high series console. its somewhere around underneath the kleenex box, just a tad bit more forward afaik. its been a whileThis right here is what i needed to know. I drive a 95 xlt and its got the full size center console and im trying to get the ventilation in the back seat to work again. I was wondering is there a second Blower motor in that thing? or is the whole ventilation powered by the motor under the hood and its just an acuator door thats keeping the back vents from blowing air?
thanks for that info. ill take a look. i think mine is a high series console as it does have vents on the top part of the center console. and if its really around the area u said it is, i might not have to remove the whole thing entirely. to see what no air is coming through the vents.in my 98, theres another blower in the high series console. its somewhere around underneath the kleenex box, just a tad bit more forward afaik. its been a while
i feel like it was right around there, i feel like it was forward of the kleenex box. if not it was under it. my memory is kind of fuzzy on thatthanks for that info. ill take a look. i think mine is a high series console as it does have vents on the top part of the center console. and if its really around the area u said it is, i might not have to remove the whole thing entirely. to see what no air is coming through the vents.
Also, check the metal tabs at rear floor of console. 2 tabs lock into channels in the floor. A thin screwdriver will get in there to push them down. Have d to see them though.So it's just the 2 bolts up by the dash and the two in this picture to remove before whacking with the BFH? and the harness connector bolt...
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Sorry, but I've been a tech for many, MANY years. All makes. All models. Now, that certainly doesn't mean I know it all because I sure as heck don't. But, I know a lot. I'm not a greenhorn. I'm not stupid. AND I pay attention to details. For some reason in all these years I've never had a reason or a need to remove the center console until I recently picked one up for very cheap to use as a camping vehicle. I like it a lot. However, mice seems to have gotten into some areas and the center console under area is one and your guide does NOT work for me. I've done everything I know to do so I went to the interwebs, lol, and basically you have this same guide in several places. It does not work. Something is missing. Something is STILL holding it in place and knocking it with a hammer and wood block only resulted in busting off the ECM plastic retention bracket which you failed to note needs to be disconnected from both the main assembly AND the dash bracket.Nice! Thanks for doing this, it took me forever to remove mine the first time, I took apart so much stuff before I figured it out. I had pretty good luck just pulling mine backwards from the back seat, but if a person was to have a bad back, that wouldn't work.
Yes, I read the whole thing including all of the comments, about five times. Nothing worked, until, related to the "to get a stubborn one out", I had to actually remove the rear climate control panel and the vertical duct behind it. Then I was able to get a small crowbar under that bottom bracket. Once I started lifting the entire unit it finally popped free. Worth noting is that on the front of the console where the wiring block is held in with that long ten mm I needed to wedge a couple of large flat screwdrivers in there to give it some rearward pressure then lifting in the back got it out. I beat the piss out of that metal bracket with a wood block and hammer, and that did nothing, at all. But, did get it out, so thanks.Did you read the part after " to get a stubborn one out" ?
Locking tabs , bottom rear of console slide forward into raised grooves in floor, locking it in place. You must slide them out , might help to pry downward on tab if you can with a slotted screwdriver, if you can see them
I stand by the accuracy of this how to. You are missing something