first disconect battery and wait like 30mins just so any charge has dissipated and then start by taking out the guage trim, cluster, radio, and climate control unit.
now pop out the one cover that goes where the mirror stuff goes should be blank on dx cx vx
remove that screw that is behind there....
Now remove the glove box
now here comes something i dont like to do but if you have a p.side air bag you need to loosen the bolts and or remove it for this will catch when trying to procede taking it out
remove the steering coliumn cover and the bolts holding the steering column on now be careful here as well when lowering the steering rack you dont want to damage stuff......
ok now the easiest part remove the lower center peice where the ash tray is unless you have already done so then remove the center vent cover and the two L and R covers that are on the side of the dash. they will reveal the last 4 bolts you will need to remove it.
then make sure that it moves pretty freely and it should come out i may be forgetting a couple of things but nothing major
1980 volvo 242
2001 crv
not using punctuation or good sentence structure since day 1
2001 crv
not using punctuation or good sentence structure since day 1