how do i get past the air bag, safley unpower, and remove it so i can replacing my cruise control switched(grabbed new ones from junk yard.

any basic information for taking the dash apart to switch guage clusters would also be much appreciated

also when i start the truck and ever so often driving down the round there is 4 series of 5 dings that go off and i would like to know the cause of this to correct it

thanks in advance, Aaron

 

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To remove the air bag you need to diconnect BOTH battery terminals and wait about 5 mins. Then right behind the battery you will see where a battery cable connects to a terminal on the firewall disconnect that and wit again. This will keep your airbags from going off at inoppurtune moments. There are links to remove the dash in the search section and also in the how to ( how to replace heater core ) Hope this helps

 

Do you know anything about the dingin

 

seat belt chime?

 

Steering wheel:
https://www.f150online.com/forums/ar...3-f-150-a.html

Gauge Cluster:
https://www.f150online.com/forums/ar...r-97-03-a.html

If you are hearing a chime while driving, I would think there would be a light on in the cluster to notify you of the cause. If the dinging IS from seat belt warning, there should be a process to turn it off in your owners manual. I did this one.

 

no the seat belt being on or off doesnt seem to affect anything i have noticed the airbag light dont come on, thanks i did get the airbag off the steering wheel to put in the cruise switches

 

could no airbag light coming on when i first turn the key cause this?

 

In my sister's Explorer, I also had to deal with a series of annoying beeps. 5 or so beeps every few minutes while driving. Turns out a loose connection under the seat triggered the airbag light. However, the bulb in the gauge cluster was burned out, so as a backup warning, the car beeps to warn you of a malfunction.

Replace the bulb in the cluster to stop the beeping, then fix whatever's wrong with the airbag.

 

do you know the bulb size id looked in the manual but couldnt find it

 

READ the HOW-To's Index !!!!!!! It's in there

 

please post link i searched, found people talking aobut them but never saw the bulb size listed anywhere, i know the main ones are 194 but what are the other ones, for like the airbag