Working under the dash

[twosocks90]

The wiring under the dash near the fusebox on my 83 K10 Suburban is a mess and needs to be cleaned up. I also have a smelly mouse nest somewhere in the duct work that needs to come out. Technically I feel comfortable tracing wires and making repairs. My problem is elsewhere.

Many years ago it was nothing to lay on my back for hours under the dash and work on wiring, duct work, whatever. Today, not so much. My body doesn't like the awkward positions and getting in and out of there. My eyes won't focus up close any more.

I know the instrument panel can be removed easily enough. Would it help to take the dash pad off? Anything else I can do to make access to the wiring near the fusebox easy to get to from above? If I could, I'd remove the entire dashboard across the entire truck and rebuild everything in there but I doubt that's really possible, is it?