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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 04:03 PM
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In fact, I just did it this past weekend. There's only two vacuum lines that go to the switch. Unless you have really large hands, you can unscrew the 5 screws that hold the driver's side lower dash pad in place, pull the top of the lower dash pad a little forward and then down (on mine you don't even have to drop the steering column), and you can access the switch.
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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 04:14 PM
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Many of the part houses today have junk for parts. I buy most of my parts from Dr. Rebuild and have never had a problem with fit, quality, or finish. They are never the cheapest but usually the best. I would rather pay a buck or two more and get a quality part that fits than some of the other junk that is out there. Paragon also has good stuff. I have never returned a part to either of these 2 parts supliers.

That is more than I can say for Corvette America, Eckler's, Mid America, and ZIP.
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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 04:28 PM
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That is the same way I did it, but I did remove my air vent from behind the dash, that helped alot also. No need to remove the dash pad or deal with the column at all. And I have large hands.
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