Disconnect th battery for a minute or two and you'll be perfectly safe. 
The  air bag connector has a shorting bar in it so once it's 
disconnected it's extremely difficult to set off.
William M. Gilroy wrote:
> I figure someone on the list has had to do this, so here goes.  About 
> 1 year ago my puppy chewed my headlight switch off in my 95 Toyota 
> Corolla.  I fixed it at the time with some tape, but the NJ inspection 
> weenies failed me for the switch.  So nowI have to replace the sucker. 
> I just shopped around for a manual and they appear to be a bit hard to 
> find.
> The light switch and the windshield wiper switch are one unit that 
> fits over the steering column, so to replace the switch the steering 
> wheel has to come off.
> My question is about the air bag.  Do I need to do anything other then 
> disconnecting the battery.  I would hate to make an $800 dollar 
> mistake!  Anybody had to deal with removing the drivers side air bag? 
> Any advice.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill Gilroy and one full puppy!
 
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