How do I Remove the Center Console Gauges on an Audi 80?

Removing The Center Console Gauges
1. Disconnect the negative battery cable in the engine compartment, using a metric socket wrench.
2. Remove the ashtray from the rear part of the center console by pulling straight upward.
3. Unclip the trim plate from the rear part of the center console, using a wood or nylon wedge, then remove the screws behind it with a screwdriver. Remove the other screws retaining the rear half of the center console to the front half, one on each side.
4. Lift the rear part of the center console upward and slide it forward off the emergency brake handle.
5. Unscrew the shift lever knob by turning it counterclockwise.
6. Remove the screw on the passenger side rear corner of the center console.
7. Remove the trim piece where the center console meets the dash using the wedge. Remove the hex bolts behind it with a metric socket wrench.
8. Pull the center console straight back to disengage it from guides in the dash.
9. Disconnect the wire connectors from the gauges. Now you can remove the bulbs by twisting them out. The gauges themselves are retained by nuts, which can be removed with a metric socket wrench.
10. Installation is reverse of removal.