Installation
Installation
1. Apply new sealant strip to backlight frame.
2. Place cover on clean work surface, fold in half to determine center and mark centerline with tape at rear edge.
3. Measure and mark centerline of tack strip.
4. Position cover on frame, aligning tape with tack strip centerline
5. NOTE: It may be necessary to use a suitably soft drift and mallet to fully seat cover in tack strip.
Fit and fully seat rear edge of cover in tack strip retaining flange.
6. Using a suitable pointed tool pierce cover through existing holes in tack strip, drill through penetrations and pop rivet cover to tack strip.
7. Fit end covers to tack strip.
8. Position tack strip on BIW and commencing in center fit and tighten securing bolts.
9. Using a piece of welding rod or similar material, draw side tension cables through cover piping
10. Ensure that cover is correctly positioned on frame.
11. Manually lower top to halfway position.
12. Connect side tension cables to frame.
13. Apply adhesive to adjacent front positions of cover and frame and fully seat cover on frame.
14. Fit front retaining rod to cover and seat rod in retaining clips.
15. Position latch plate and fit and tighten securing screws
16. Fit guide pins and latch striker.
Position guide pins and fit and tighten securing screws.
Position latch striker and fit and tighten securing screws.
17. 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.
18. Fit and fully seat cantrail seals in carriers and fit and tighten securing screws..
19. Perform the Battery Reconnection Procedure Service and Repair
20. Turn hydraulic pump valve fully clockwise to power operation position.
21. Ensuring that rear quarter lights are fully lowered, power top to fully up and latched position.
22. Apply adhesive to adjacent areas of cover and frame at main column and fully seat cover on frame.
23. Power top to half down position.
24. 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.
25. Fit and fully seat main column seals in carriers.
26. Power top to fully up and latched position.
27. Staple cover to backlight frame.
Commencing at bottom center and working to position half-way up one side, staple cover to backlight frame. If necessary, slit cover within backlight frame to relieve tension. Repeat stapling operation along opposite side.
28. Commencing at top center, staple cover along top and down sides to meet previous stapling, if necessary, gradually slitting cover within frame to relieve tension in fabric. At each corner, add a further outer row of staples for reinforcement.
29. Trim off excess fabric to facilitate backlight fitment.
30. Position headlining and fit and fully seat rear securing rods.
31. Position headlining over cover plates and fit and tighten securing screws.
32. Remove protective tape from BIW.
33. Power top from fully down to fully up positions, checking for satisfactory operation and ensuring that cover is correctly tensioned and free from rippling.
34. Position squab panel stiffener bracket and fit and tighten securing nuts.
35. Fit heated backlight. Refer to Windows and Glass. Heated Glass Element
36. Fit carpet to convertible top stowage compartment.
37. Fit rear speaker assemblies. Refer to Radio, Stereo, and Compact Disc. Speaker
38. Fit rear quarter trim panels.
39. Fit rear quarter panel cappings.
40. Fit rear seat squab. Refer to Body and Frame, Seats. Seats
41. Fit rear seat cushion. Refer to Body and Frame, Seats. Seats
42. Connect backlight heater harness multiplugs.
43. Fit battery cover.