Passenger Compartment Floor Carpet

PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FLOOR CARPET

Removal
1. Remove battery cover and disconnect ground cable from battery terminal.
2. Remove rear seat cushion. Service and Repair
3. Remove front seats. Service and Repair
4. Remove 'J' gate finisher. Service and Repair
5. Remove centre console finisher veneer panel. Service and Repair
6. Remove fascia centre veneer panel. Service and Repair
7. Remove centre console. Service and Repair
8. Remove 'A' post lower trim pads. Service and Repair
9. Remove 'B' post trim pads.







10. Slacken and remove centre console heater ducting securing screw and remove ducting from vehicle.
11. Rotate heelboard fasteners 1/4 turn and remove both heelboards from vehicle.
12. Remove front sill treadplates. See door Sill Tread Plate, using Rear sill treadplate Service and Repair.
13. Remove rear sill treadplates. Service and Repair






14. Release the carpet retainers from BIW flanges at each side.







15. Release the two carpet rear retainers from BIW brackets.
16. Remove handbrake lever trim. Service and Repair
17. Move gear selector to position 'R'.







18. Slacken and remove nut securing gear selector inner cable to 'J' gate stud.







19. Slacken gear selector outer cable adjustment nut at front of support bracket.







20. Release cable from 'J' gate and position to permit carpet withdrawal.
21. With assistance lift and remove carpet, exercising care to avoid damaging adjacent fittings.

Installation
1. With assistance, position carpet in vehicle ensuring that seat harness and handbrake lever are correctly positioned in apertures.
2. Ensure that gear selector is in position 'R'.







3. Install gear selector cable in 'J' gate.
1. Position gear selector cable in support bracket.
2. Connect inner cable to 'J' gate stud and fit and tighten securing nut.







4. Adjust gear selector cable.
1. Adjust selector cable nuts so that selector lever freely moves to 'R' position in gate.
2. Tighten gear selector cable locknut, ensuring that tabwasher tangs engage in bracket slots.







5. Ensure that gear selector cable to tunnel grommet is correctly seated.
6. Fit and secure handbrake trim finisher. Service and Repair
7. Fully seat carpet side and rear retaining clips.
8. Fit front sill treadplates.
9. Fit rear sill treadplates.
10. Position and fully seat rear heel boards and rotate 1/4 turn fasteners to secure.
11. Install console heater ducting and fit and tighten securing screw.
12. Fit B post trim pads.
13. Fit lower A post trim pads.
14. Fit centre console assembly.
15. Fit fascia centre vent veneer panel.
16. Fit centre console finisher veneer panel.
17. Fit 'J' gate surround.
18. Fit rear seat cushion.
19. Fit front seats.
20. Connect ground cable to battery terminal and fit battery cover.