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Deuce/Ace Installation - Detailed View

 

 

 

 

3. Remove the Parcel Shelf 

Put the top up.  Remove the carpet from the fuel tank cover (the silver cover that makes up the front part of the package shelf) and fold it back.  A claw hammer is a good tool for removing the plastic carpet fasteners. Lower the top.  Remove the fuel tank cover by removing the bolts with 10mm hex heads that hold it in place.

Release the wire fasteners.  With the cover unbolted, it is easy to reach under and squeeze the clips and push them up through the holes. 

       

Lift the shelf up and out of the car.

4.  Remove the seat belt reels.

A.  Remove the lower bolt (hidden by the belt in this photo)

B.  Remove the bolt w/ 10mm hex head at the top

C.  Pull the reel out of the space and place it aside.  There are wires attached on the later model cars be careful. You might hang the reel from the hole (C) or unplug the wires.

       

5.  Prepare the Seat Belt Towers.

A.  This shelf mounting flange has to be removed.  Release the wire tabs and move them out of the way. The large harness disconnects by pulling the gray tab outward and sliding the harness apart.  Also remove the bolts w/ 10 mm hex heads from the base of the belt tower (B,C,D).

B.  The package shelf mounting flange is held in by four spot welds. Drill the top off of the welds but not all the way through.  After they are drilled, tap a chisel between the belt-tower wall and the shelf flange.

 

       

C.  Here's the tower without the shelf flange.  We use a rotary grinder to clean the barbs from the drilled holes and the rough spots where the welds were broken.  It's not a bad idea to paint the unprotected metal. Be careful of any over spray.

The passenger's side.

 

 

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Updated September 3, 2007 9:43 AM