Miata Dash Removal Guide - Easy Step by Step
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- Опубліковано 27 січ 2025
- Continuing in the Interior Restore Series, we need to pull the dashboard! A lot of people are scared of this job but it's actually pretty easy on a Miata -- only 9 bolts and some screws for trim hold it in. Pulling the dashboard can make other jobs easier, like wiring, heater core replacement, HVAC work, etc. This is a a step by step guide showing you how to do it.
Tools needed:(A power screwdriver and medium/low torque impact wrench is great but not required.)
A small flat head screw driver for prying
A larger flat head for helping to separate connectors
Normal size Phillips screwdriver
Sockets - 16mm, 12mm, 10mm
17 mm and 10 mm open end wrench
A couple of lengths of socket extensions are handy - 6 inch is the most used
Needle nose pliers
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Pulled mine out today! Your video helped so much!!
just about to swap my black dash with a tan one from a friend so I watched this video and I feel very confident that it can be done now. Thank you for the informative video.
I just finished up my door cards and will be swapping out my cracked dash for a "new" uncracked one that I flocked. This is definitely helpful. Good luck with your install!
This video is a life saver, my tan dash is just way to cracked and it’s finally time to replace it.
Thanks - my son and I were able to replace an airbag module on his 95 NA thanks to this video.
Omg!! Subscribed!! I want so bad to do this to my Miata and clean that air blower. Great work
Anyone know where the earthing points are? I’ve short circuited it putting everything back and I can’t find where the earthing pts are anywhere online except vague descriptions.
There are three...one on each side of the main support bar bracket near where the bracket bolts in next to the doors and a third in the middle on the right side of the center console brackets that the hvac controls and radio mount on. See my restoration video for a detailed view from the back side of the dash. ua-cam.com/video/SlsEPlOytmA/v-deo.htmlsi=2N8P3pKaMxUnB63y
@ great I’ve got all 3 thanks, i assume the 3rd you’re referring to is for the radio? This was disconnected when i bought the car, I’ve replaced the old radio with a head unit, should i reconnect this earthing point to the new head unit before i start the car to prevent it from short circuiting again or is that unlikely if the antenna cable acts as an earthing connection?
@ibraheemmonks8866 yes may be, my harness still had the radio plugs so it was earthed in the middle location as well. For a new radio install I'd recommend using that point or any bare bolt to earth near to where the radio will be. But probably will be fine either way. A bad ground will just cause it to not work well but won't cause damage to anything.
@ ok cheers, last question any idea what the polarity is for the terminals coming out of the small metal box connected to front of the heater (black box) behind glove box?
@ibraheemmonks8866 no, unfortunately I don't know. I think polarity matters on that one but I'm not sure which is which.
Yo just subscribed for this, thank you for making it. I think I snapped my blend door trying to force the heater lever on a particularly cold morning so I’ve got this ahead of me, couldn’t ask for a better video to help with that
Idk why but I thought this was gonna be a little less trouble, but i think I’ll wait a little while and do other projects for the time being. Saving video for later haha
It can be scary at first since there are a fair number of steps, but it's not bad. This was filmed almost in real time...it took about 30 minutes in a junk yard to get the other one out. Same set of (basically 3) tools.
I got a 92 build and i used you video for the core replacement ( i upgraded) thanks
U made this video 3yrs ago I hope your pillow has been cold on both sides for the past 3 yrs
what is the name of the relay/box at 15:47? i’m trying to source a replacement for my car to get my hvac controls working but can’t find what it is.
@16 mins, I completely missed this and torn from the connector. No idea where these cables connect to the connector now, advise?
Hey I was wondering what seats you have ?
I took the dash out and placed it back. But I’m struggling to place the steering column back, any suggestions would help.
Very Well Done!!! Thank You!!!
So I managed to break all three clips when removing the hood over the dash. Does the hood have to be replaced now? Thanks for your video.
Some plastic jb weld works well on those clips. It may break again if you remove it a second time, but it will hold and not rattle.
@@OGPedXing Thank you. Good stuff. Going to put grease on the clips when I re install the hood.
Question about the o2 sensor, my Miata keeps popping up cel for the o2 and I’ve changed the sensor twice. I might have a faulty connection so I have to check the wiring. Would I be able to check it without removing the dash? Thanks !
Yes, you can get to most stuff from the engine bay side. Do you have the stock exhaust? The most common reason for o2 going bad is bad positioning in an after market exhaust...either too close to the engine which over heats it, or oriented such that condensation can form on it which cracks it over time. The other reason is running very rich which fouls it with a lot of carbon. Depending on the year, there is usually a short harness from the sensor to the main engine harness with a connector up near the firewall on the driver's corner of the valve cover. You can check the various engine grounds to make sure they are clean for this harness. That can cause the reading to be wrong and throw a cel or it can cause the o2 heater to not work causing failures (94 and above, 90 to 93 have one wire to the o2 and no heater).
Nice video! What's the game plan going forward?
I've already got filmed the dash restore -- it's amazing how well this thing has come back to life. But after that it will be a full strip of the interior and sound/heat barriers and the new carpet. Then lots more surprises after that!
OGPedXing I just finished putting my interior back together. I ran new large speaker wires to the headrest speakers and through to the door speakers. I’d complain but they didn’t make it all that hard. You’ve just gotta wear gloves or your fingers will be completely torn up.
Yo where did you get those faces for the cluster!?
Revlimiter gauges are fire: revlimiter.net/store/gauges-na.php. Super high quality.
Oh nice gas cap may I ask where did you get this purchase 😮. I will appreciate. Thanks
It's an obx racing gas lid. Used to be on ebay and Amazon for about 100 bucks.
I know this is an old video but are those door cards the ABS plastic ones that have been wrapped? I love those seats btw!
Whoops, sorry I missed your question. They are the original cardboard ones that I rewrapped. I definitely need to upgrade to the abs ones though, the cardboard was barely usable.
Where did you get those seats? Who makes them?
I was an early adopter when they were only on ebay but now they have a website...retroseats.com
I dont understand how you got the passenger airbag out, there's no plug for it on the harness and it runs directly through the fire wall.
The only point that even remotely looks like it disconnects is the part of the detonation cable that connects into the side of the rear cylinder
That cable should lead to a blue connector, on mine it's about 8 to 10 inches long from the airbag cylinder to the connector. Once you remove the four bottom bolts holding the airbag to the dash bar, you should be able to pull it out and release the connector.
@OGPedXing unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case on mine. It looks like the wires may have been spliced and heat shrink connected suggesting the passenger airbag was replaced at one point. I ended up just cutting the wires, ill re-splice them once the new heater core is in
Where did you get those seats? I like them
They were originally eBay only but I think they moved to retroseats.com now.
Do you think you can remove the HVAC box without removing the dash?
thinking of deleting mine.
No the central box is blocked by the dash. The blower stuff on the passenger side can come out without removing the dash, although if you have AC, the lines are a little tricky to get through the firewall.
@@OGPedXing hey thanks for responding, I have pretty much everything removed underneath the pass dash, but I was wondering if you could wiggle it sideways to the passenger side 😂
It would be tough, but maybe. You would need to remove the heater core first and then be able to get at the three nuts holding it in. Check out this video for some pictures at about the one minute 25 second mark. ua-cam.com/video/h_vZuVb2Cvg/v-deo.html
I'm doing an auto to manual conversion. The biggest pain in the butt is putting in the manual pedals. I thought I'd take the dash out to make it easier but after watching this video, taking the dash out looks like a bigger pain lol 🤨
Really? The video is close to real time, you can take it out in 30 minutes. I'd definitely go for that vs cramming myself in the floor well 😁. Either way, good luck on the project, manual will feel awesome 👍
Thank you for this video! Wondering how long it took for you to completely take out the dash.
This was actually the closest to real time of any of my videos...even with filming it took 30-40 minutes tops. The other dash I got from a junk yard only took about 20-30 minutes. Miata's have probably one of the easiest dash pulls out there!
@@OGPedXing Hey man, thank you for your tip. I am in the process of putting everything back together, and I am realizing that the my steering wheel is off center for some reason. It is off by maybe 5 degrees. Is it possible that the shaft turned after dropping the shaft?
@@Hustler_Kim yes that can happen. But unless you removed the steering wheel then you can just turn it back..it's likely the wheels moved slightly as well when the shaft was lowered.
What kind of seats are those?
I got them from eBay but they now have a website...www.retroseats.com/. Check out my vid when I do the install and custom mounts ua-cam.com/video/Nu4t9nCfm6E/v-deo.html
I wanna put a Miata dash on my sim rig. I'm here to see how much trouble itll be
Wow, interesting idea!
Thank you
Hi! What was the tool you used for that top bolt on the dashboard?
I used a small quarter inch drive ratchet with a flex head. An open end 10mm wrench will also work with some fiddling.
Gotcha! Thanks so much for getting back to me!
While I have it on my mind, I have developed a rattle on my 92 Miata that seems to be coming from the top left between guage cover and plastic. Any ideas?
@@stevenguzy570 it could be the gauge hood itself, one of the little clips inside that stabilize it. Also those clips are often brittle and break off and fall down and end up making noise.
@@OGPedXing I DID check that and I tightened everything up. I'm hopeful. I haven't had a chance to take it for a test drive yet. If I wedge a fuse in between the guage hood and the plastic, it does effect it. PIA!
i forgot to plug the gauge cluster back in and theres not really much info about those connectors except for this video lol
Thought they have only 1 fit