Help With Horseshoe

[AnthonySp]

Hello,

I am in dire need of assistance. I read the post about replacing the horseshoe and have gotten all the thing out, but I am unable to remove the cigarette lighter. I saw the diagram for removing it and have taken off the black piece and the green piece (A &B), but I still can't get out the lighter. Has anyone done this? Can you please give me a little more assistance than the diagram on the forum.

Anthony

[Guest]

Hi Anthony and welcome to RENNTECH! :) I have not done this personally (yet), but here is a link from a search on this forum. Hope this helps. :)

http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?s...&st=0entry733

[Tool Pants]

http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=1218&st=0

[Itzkirb]

Good luck!

[AnthonySp]

Thanks so much, that thing is horrible. I was able to get the silver piece (lighter assembly) out of the light cover by slightly bending the lighter assembly where the clear plastic tabs hold it in place (using needle nose pliers).

I think this piece was intended for one way travel (kind of like the bushings and retaining collars on the Porsche Shifter).

No wonder I couldn't get this thing out looking at the diagram though, it is completely missleading. It implies you just "pop" it out "no problem."

I think the clear plastic (light surround) will come out pretty easily now.

Thanks,

Anthony

By the way,

Toolpants your DVD was invaluable in helping me replace my shifter, center console, and emergency brake in just 1:40 minutes. It would have been much faster if you didn't have to move all the retaining hardware from one center console to the other. Removing this lighter has taken longer than all of the other stuff combined.

Edited April 16, 2004 by AnthonySp

[Tool Pants]

Removing the lighter is a 4 day job. The drawing in the shop manual is worthless.

Raman has done it 3 times and he cannot remember how to do it unless he has the parts in his hands. Since we filmed it I will have to find a place for it in the next set of DVDs.