Installation

Installation







1. Place headlining in vehicle, positioning and seating rear of lining in rear bow rail slot.
2. Move padding bag forward for access and check that lining is fully seated on rear bow rail.







3. Route rear tension cables through the headlining piping.







4. Connect rear tension cables onto frame and fit and fully seat retaining bushes.
5. Move padding bag rearward for access.
6. To prevent damage to headlining during fitting, apply protective tape to leading end of center bow rail.







7. Ensuring correct orientation, feed center bow rail into the headlining.
8. Manually lower top to halfway position.







9. Align bow rail to frame and secure with pop rivets.
10. To prevent damage to headlining during fitting, apply protective tape to leading end of front bow rail.







11. Fit tension cords and straps to front bow rail.
Cut slits in front bow rail piping to accommodate the tension cords and straps.
Ensuring that tension cords and straps are not twisted, position them in the appropriate slits in the bow rail piping.







12. Ensuring correct orientation, feed the front bow rail into the headlining, simultaneously threading tension cords and straps through the piping slits onto the bow rail.







13. Align front bow rail to frame and secure with pop rivets.







14. Using a piece of welding rod or similar draw wire, pull the outer tension cords through the headlining piping.







15. Position the outer tension cords to the frame and secure with pop rivets.
16. Manually move top to fully raised position.







17. Align rear of headlining, pierce it through existing holes at riveting points in the retaining brackets and pop rivet headlining to retaining brackets.







18. Secure headlining at pull-down handle aperture.
Remove backing from Velcro strips and position and firmly seat at pull-down handle aperture.
Feed headlining trim material through frame to pull-down handle aperture and secure on Velcro strips.







19. Fit and fully seat new fir tree fasteners securing headlining to frame.







20. Remove backing from double-sided tape on front of headlining and position and firmly seat lining on frame.







21. Align padding bag to frame and secure with 'P' clips and retaining screws.







22. Apply adhesive to front edge of padding bag and position and fully seat on frame.
23. Manually move top to half down position.







24. Using a piece of welding rod or similar draw wire, pull side tension cables through outer cover and secure them to frame.







25. Apply adhesive to adjacent front positions of cover and frame and fully seat cover on frame.







26. Fit front retaining rod to cover and seat rod in securing clips.







27. Position latch plate and fit and tighten securing screws.







28. Position guide pins and latch striker and fit and tighten securing screws.







29. Fit cantrail seal carriers.
Position cantrail seal carriers and fit but do not securing screws.
Ensuring that seal carriers are positioned towards outboard end of elongated holes, tighten securing screws.
30. Fit and fully seat cantrail seals in carriers and fit and tighten securing screws.
31. Perform the Battery Reconnection Procedure Service and Repair






32. Turn hydraulic pump valve fully clockwise to power operation position and return trunk RH liner to correct position.
33. Ensuring that rear quarter lights are fully lowered, power top to fully up and latched position.
34. Apply adhesive to adjacent areas of cover and frame at main column and fully seat cover on frame.
35. Power top to half down position.







36. Fit main column seal carriers.
Position main column seal carriers and fit but do not tighten securing screws.
Ensuring that carriers are positioned towards outboard end of elongated holes, tighten securing screws.
37. Fit and fully seat main column seals in carriers
38. Power top to fully up and latch position.







39. Position headlining and fit and fully seat rear securing rods.







40. Position headlining over cover plates and fit and tighten securing screws.
41. Remove protective tape from BIW.
42. Power top from fully down to fully up positions, checking for satisfactory operation and ensuring that cover is correctly tensioned and free from rippling.







43. Position squab panel stiffener bracket and fit and tighten securing nuts.
44. Fit carpet to convertible top stowage compartment.
45. Fit rear speaker assemblies. Radio, Stereo, and Compact Disc. Speaker
46. Fit rear quarter trim panels.
47. Fit rear quarter panel cappings.
48. Fit rear seat squab. Refer to Body and Frame, Seats. Seats
49. Fit rear seat cushion. Refer to Body and Frame, Seats. Seats
50. Connect backlight heater harness multiplugs
51. Fit battery cover.