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Cigarette Lighter






Cigarette Lighter

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

Release tool (T40148)

Removing





- Switch off ignition and remove ignition key.

- Remove the front ashtray insert - 1 -, press button - arrow - to do so.

- Remove the bolt - arrow - and remove front ashtray housing.





- Unplug connector.

- The release tabs - 2 - on the (T40148) must engage in the openings on the cigarette lighter (U1) - item 3 - - arrow - and the threaded pin - 1 - must slide down as far as the stop.





- Slide the (T40148) into the cigarette lighter - item 1 - as far as the stop.





- Rotate the thumbwheel - 2 - on the (T40148) clockwise as far as the stop.

The piston - 2 - is pulled upward and the release tabs - 1 - on the (T40148) spread - arrows -.





- Remove the cigarette lighter from the lighting ring using the (T40148).

- Release the clips in - direction of arrow -.





- Remove the cigarette lighter with the illumination ring - 1 - from the front ashtray - 2 -.

Installing





Install in reverse order of removal, observing the following:

The new cigarette lighter must be connected to the cigarette lighter illumination bulb (L28) wiring harness.

- Disconnect the wire and connect the new cigarette lighter to the wire for the cigarette lighter illumination bulb.


Risk of injury.

After removing the (T40148), check to see if the lighter retaining tabs are bent.

If the retaining tabs are bend, bend them back so the lighter does not slide out.

- Remove the support - 1 - on the (T40148).

- Slide the piston down and hold it in place.

- Rotate the thumbwheel - 4 - on the (T40148) counterclockwise - arrow -. This loosens the release tabs - 2 - on the cigarette lighter - item 3 - so the (T40148) can be removed.

- Slide the cigarette lighter illumination ring into the mount until the retaining clips engage.

The illumination ring can only be inserted in the mount in one position.