Removal
Removal
1. Remove carpet from convertible top stowage compartment.
2. Disconnect heated backlight harness connectors and position harness clear of top
3. Power top to fully down position.
4. Remove rear seat cushion. Refer to Body and Frame, Seats. Seats
5. Remove rear seat squab. Refer to Body and Frame, Seats. Seats
6. Remove rear quarter casing cappings.
7. Remove rear quarter casings.
8. Remove rear speaker -Premium ICE only. Refer to Radio, Stereo, and Compact Disc. Speaker
9. Slacken and remove squab panel stiffener bracket to body securing nuts and remove bracket.
10. NOTE: Do not allow top to latch.
Power top to 3/4 closed position.
11. Remove battery cover and disconnect ground cable from battery terminal. Service and Repair
12. Position trunk RH liner for access and turn hydraulic pump valve fully counter-clockwise to manual operation position.
13. Remove LH cantrail seal and carrier.
Slacken and remove screws securing LH cantrail seal to frame and withdraw seal.
Slacken and remove screws securing LH cantrail seal carrier and remove seal carrier from vehicle.
14. Slacken and remove screws securing RH cantrail seal to frame and remove seal.
15. Slacken and remove screws securing RH cantrail seal carrier and remove seal carrier.
16. Remove LH main column seal and carrier.
Withdraw LH main column seal from carrier.
Slacken and remove screws securing seal carrier and remove carrier from vehicle.
17. Release and remove RH main column seal from carrier.
18. Slacken and remove screws securing RH main column seal carrier and remove carrier.
19. Remove latch striker and guide pins.
Slacken and remove latch striker securing screws and remove striker from header plate.
Slacken and remove screws securing latch plate guide pins to frame and remove guide pins.
20. Slacken and remove screws securing latch plate to frame and remove latch plate.
21. Noting positions for installation, release bonded sections of cover from frame.
22. Disconnect roof side tension cables from frame.
23. Release cover front retaining rod from retaining clips in frame and remove rod from cover.
24. Noting the positions for installation, release bonded areas of padding bag from frame and withdraw bag from front of frame.
25. Slacken and remove eight screws and outer clips securing padding bag to frame.
26. Manually move top to fully raised position.
27. Position top cover and padding bag rearwards and release both headlining rear tension rods.
28. Slacken and remove screws securing headlining to main column bracket covers.
29. Drill out the two rivets each side, securing rear of headlining.
30. Release section of headlining secured by velcro strips to frame around pull-down handle aperture (bonded on early vehicles).
31. Exercising care to avoid damaging cords, drill out the two pop rivets securing tension cords to frame.
32. Position tension cords for access.
33. Drill out the seven pop rivets securing front bow rail to top frame and remove rail.
34. Withdraw the front bow rail from the headlining piping, tension cords and straps.
35. Position tension cords for access.
36. Drill out pop rivets securing center bow rail to top frame and remove rail from headlining piping.
37. Withdraw headlining rear edge flange from retaining slot in rear bow rail and position rear tension cables for disconnection.
38. Release and remove tension cable retaining bushes, and disconnect cables from frame.
39. Release headlining fir tree or press stud fasteners from cantrails. Refer to Note in Step 42 below.
40. Release front of headlining from double-sided tape on frame.
41. Release the side tension cords and rear tension cables and remove headlining from vehicle.
42. NOTE: On certain early model year vehicles, press-stud fixings securing the the headlining to the frame must be removed and replaced by fir-tree fixings. The procedure for this modification is detailed in Technical Bulletin Number [501-14].
Clean rivet swarf from convertible top area and remove double-sided tape from front of frame.