Any decent way to pull the ash tray/coin thing

[blazinzuk]

In the dash . The one with the cigarette lighter in it. 4 bolts but it doesn't seem to want to come out.

I can't reach my fat fingers in there to disconnect my cig lighter. Would like to pull the whole assembly

 

[obijuank5]

It's a breeze without the ac box and crap. But I basically bent the dash out. I took the dash pad off and loosened the dash bolts at the driver a pillar. There's a strut rod bolt under the radio area. With all that removed I could snake it out with forcing the dash to bend. Pretty easy my second time around. First time sucked

 

[1-ton]

To get at the back of my ash tray I flipped it open all the way instead of completely removing it. The first thing that holds ash trays in place is a couple of steel tabs. Those steel tabs can be bent out of the way by just pushing down on the ash tray. One of the problems is when you do that the steel tabs may break off. One of my steel tabs broke off, and I fixed it by sliding a sheet metal "speed nut" into the area that the steel tab broke off with a short screw in it. Another problem that will arise is when the ash tray is at its full extended position the retaining springs will fall out of their slot. You will have to put them back into their slot while starting to put tension back onto them...that is a lot of fun for fat fingers as well.

 

[blazinzuk]

I shoved it around for a bit and actually got it out. Kind of sideways and at an angle