air bag removal 95 525i have a Problem!

[Russell]

I am trying (as we speak) to remove my airbag/steering wheel to replace some insturment bulbs. Disconnected battery, let capacitors drain.

However, the airbag plugs look different than shown in the illustriations I have seen from either bill R or Winfield. My car is built 1/95 with ews II security.

I see an orange round/ribbed plug with yellow striped wires going ito it. It is connected to what appears to be a black round plug.

There does not seem to be an obvious way to disconnect the air bag. There is a flat plug 4 wires (brown blue, white and red) feeding toward the air bag assembly. It also seems hard to disconnect.

Not sure what to do. I am afarid of setting the airbag off even with power off.

[Ross]

Remove the four torx screws from the back of the wheel and the airbag pops off, the connector is beneath it.

[Russell]

Thanks, Got the connector loose under the steering column. Slid it out of a clip and then seperated it. Apppears to be two torx screws on the back of the wheel. Too tight for a trox driver. Socket torx too shallow as mounting hole too deep. I will figure it out.

[Russell]

job done-thanks Ross