Reliant Kitten Estate, Руководство по ремонту

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3. Remove the bolt, lock washer and spacer from the seat belt
catch arm and remove the arm from the drive shaft tunnel mounting.
Carpets & interior trim
Except for the two foot well/floor carpets, all the carpets are glued to
the body and floor of the vehicle.
When replacing any of the carpets that are glued, all traces of the
fixing glue must be removed before new carpets are glued in.
Dunlop S1359 general purpose glue is recommended for this purpose
following the manufactures instructions.
The main floor/foot well carpets can only be removed after the seats
have been taken out of the vehicle
(Operation 1) .
Operation 4 Headlining - removal & replacement
To remove
1. Disconnect battery
2. Remove the windscreen and rear quarter windows, all
rubber seals, weather strips, rear window complete with seal and
hinges (saloon), rear quarter trim fillets, rear door seal (estate).
3. Remove rear view mirror, interior lamp and sun visors.
4. Peel down the top sections of the "A" and "B" post trims.
5. Gently peel the headlining away from the window and door
apertures.
6. Starting at the rear of the vehicle, release the listing rods
from their retainers.
Note: There are five listing rods on saloons, six on estates.
7. Remove the headlining from the vehicle.
8. Withdraw the listing rods from the headlining.
Note: The listing rods are different lengths so be sure to mark them to
ensure they are re-fitted in the correct positions.
To replace
1. Thread the listing rods into the new headlining in the
correct order.
2. Starting from the front, apply a thin film of contact adhesive
to the headlining (Dunlop S1359 recommended).
3. Ensuring the headlining is central to the vehicle, attach the
cloth to the windscreen opening, securing with "spire" clips.
4. Apply adhesive to the rear edge and tack to the rear
window aperture (saloon) or door aperture (estate) with "spire" clips.
Note: The headlining should be kept as taut as possible to avoid
wrinkles in the finished installation.
5. Apply adhesive to the right-hand edge of the cloth, insert
the listing rods on their retainers and tack the headlining to the door
and window apertures using "spire" clips.
6. Repeat for the left-hand side of the vehicle, again ensure
the headlining is kept taut
7. .Trim excess material from the headlining.
8. Leave the vehicle for a while to allow the adhesive to go off,
then remove the "spire" clips.
9. Using a light smear of adhesive, refit the top of the "A" and
"B" post trim covers over the headlining.
10. Refit the door seals.
11. Refit the quarter trim fillets, replace rear window seal
(saloon) or rear door seal (estate).
12. Refit sun visors, interior lamp and rear view mirror.
13. Refit windscreen and rear quarter windows plus the vent
mouldings.
14.
Reconnect battery.
Operation 5
Fascia & centre console - removal &
replacement
To remove
1.
Disconnect battery.
2. Remove windscreen (Section Q)
3. Disconnect the choke cable from the carburettor and pull
out the knob complete with cable. Undo the choke knob escutcheon
from the centre console trim panel.
4. Pull off the heater control knobs.
5. Remove the centre console trim from the main moulding
(four screws).
6.
Remove the gear lever knob.
7.
Withdraw the gear lever gaiter from the trim panel and
remove from the lever.
8. Remove the centre console trim panel.
9. Remove the ash tray if required.
10. Remove the steering wheel (Section D)
11. Remove the multi switch and cover (Section T)
12. Disconnect all instruments and switches (Section T)
13. Remove the steering column clamp bracket.
14. Remove radio (if fitted).
15. Remove the two screws securing the centre console
moulding to the fascia.
16. Remove the single centre screw holding the fascia to the
windscreen frame.
17.
Prise the grommets from the holes on the "A" posts and
remove the nuts, washers and bolts securing the ends of the fascia to
the "A" posts.
18. The fascia can now be removed from the vehicle.
Re-assemble in reverse order.