Well OK, so I'm a weenie.........
I've read everywhere that putting in the CLB is a piece of cake. Anyone can do it, no sweat.
Well today I figured while putting in that MTI shifter, it would make sense to install the CLB I had on the shelf as well.
So I took the screws out of the knee panel underneath the steering wheel, and got the flashlight to find that plug I needed to disconnect. Well yeah, I could SEE it, and I could actually touch it with the fingers of one hand. But disconnecting it? Or even then plugging in the CLB itself then putting 12 volts to the other end to disengage the lock? Well try as I might, I didn't see anyway to get BOTH of my hands in there to be able to do that. And I have small hands. There was NO play in the cabling to be able to pull that connector down out of that opening where I could get at it, either.
It looked like I possibly could have done it if I had removed that metal support also underneath the steering wheel with some styrofoam padding on it, but it looked like other things might have to be loosened as well in order to do that. So this was getting to be more then I want to chew on today. Well folks, I bailed on the idea, and just buckled it back up. My column lock is not giving me any problems and I have a letter from GM saying they will fix it for free if it breaks, so I just couldn't see the sense of installed the CLB. Especially since it was not the easy job I had thought it would be. Or did I just overlook something obvious to everyone else? Maybe I need to find that webpage I found a week or so ago that detailed all the steps to see if there is something mentioned there that I just forgot about.
Anyway, I weanied out on this one. Just had to be satisfied with installing only the shifter today.
:shrug01:
I've read everywhere that putting in the CLB is a piece of cake. Anyone can do it, no sweat.
Well today I figured while putting in that MTI shifter, it would make sense to install the CLB I had on the shelf as well.
So I took the screws out of the knee panel underneath the steering wheel, and got the flashlight to find that plug I needed to disconnect. Well yeah, I could SEE it, and I could actually touch it with the fingers of one hand. But disconnecting it? Or even then plugging in the CLB itself then putting 12 volts to the other end to disengage the lock? Well try as I might, I didn't see anyway to get BOTH of my hands in there to be able to do that. And I have small hands. There was NO play in the cabling to be able to pull that connector down out of that opening where I could get at it, either.
It looked like I possibly could have done it if I had removed that metal support also underneath the steering wheel with some styrofoam padding on it, but it looked like other things might have to be loosened as well in order to do that. So this was getting to be more then I want to chew on today. Well folks, I bailed on the idea, and just buckled it back up. My column lock is not giving me any problems and I have a letter from GM saying they will fix it for free if it breaks, so I just couldn't see the sense of installed the CLB. Especially since it was not the easy job I had thought it would be. Or did I just overlook something obvious to everyone else? Maybe I need to find that webpage I found a week or so ago that detailed all the steps to see if there is something mentioned there that I just forgot about.
Anyway, I weanied out on this one. Just had to be satisfied with installing only the shifter today.
:shrug01: