I now have to worry about the wet carpet. Obviously I've got to remove it and hang it up in the shed to dry. Without a Haynes Manual for the car, I'm going to have to tackle taking the bits out one step at a time. Does anyone have any tips?
As for drying the car itself once that's out, does anyone have any great ideas? The car's kept on the road outside my house so can't exactly put it in a nice warm dry garage with doors open to dry out. Anyone know of anything like a portable de-humidifier that plugs into the 12V supply or similar?
Thanks to the guy who posted this original
guide, I'd have been struggling to find the cause without it.
Al
I did this to mine on Friday and just had to fudge my way through it but it ain't that bad once you start.
You will need a selection of Philips and flat-head screwdriver, Allen keys, 6, 10 & 13 mm sockets and a T20 torx drive.
First of all disconnect your batteries negative terminal (10mm socket). Then remove the two plastic covers on the runners for each seat. To do this you need to remove the little circular screw cover from the back of the runners using a small flat-head screwdriver. Once this is off use the T20 drive to remove the two small screws and then slide the covers forward and pull up then back.
Next slide the seat as far back as it will go on the runner and using a 13mm socket undo the 2 nuts at the front of the seat in the middle. Then you need to push the seat back out of the runners and lift. At this point I tilted the seat back and unclipped the air bag wiring on the yellow plug. This plug then needs unclipping from the seat on the white plastic piece.
Next job is to remove the inner sill trim. Just pull up on this and it will pop out of the clips. This runs the full length of the interior and if I remember right there is a small philips head screw just behind the B-pillar cover. You will need to unclip this from the front trim pieces under the dash. You will also propably need to remove the
lower B-pillar trims too and the drivers side one has the interior monitor switch on for the alarm. You will need to unclip the wire for this.
Next remove the drivers side trim panel under the dash around the bonnet lever. This is held in place by a screw and a large plastic screw you use a flat-head screwdriver in to undo it. Then comes the clutch foot rest again a large plastic screw and a allen key screw 3mm I think. Once this is off you need to remove the trim underneath where the foot rest was. This is the same shape as the foot rest but has 3 large holes in it. Get the 10 mm socket and in these holes are plastic nuts. Undo these and pull it off. One of mine would not undo but it pulled off with no
problem.
Next you next you need to undo the screws on the centre console trim. Remove the two small covers on the side, one at the front and one around the middle, and undo the screws. Now remove the rear ashtray and undo the 2 T20 screws. Pop up the gaiter trim around the gear stick and pull up the centre console trim from the rear. At this point you need to unclip the switch wire for petrol flap and TCS/ESP. Then push the gear stick gaiter trim through the hole it clips into by turning it sideways. Carry on lifting the centre trim and pulling away from the bottom of the dash. You also need to get this over the handbrake.
Right almost there. You now need to remove the front ashtray & radio and undo the T20 screws for the trim and remove this. Then take out the climate control unit, undoing all the wiring connectors. Now slide out the cup holder and switches and unclip the wires from these. At the top of the centre dash there are two screws and two clips with screws in. Undo all these and then you will need to undo the screws at side where the
lower driver and passenger trim attaches to the centre. Then remove the centre trim. Also while you are here undo the rest of the
lower drivers dash via fuse board and other T20 screws on the
lower edge. You will now need to remove the glove box.
Now you will see a silver metal piece which runs vertically between gear box tunnel and
lower dash. You need to undo the blots holding this in place, 13mm again I think. Once this is undone you need to undo the brown metal bar which runs horizontally. One this is out you need to remove the air duct which sits right on the tunnel at the rear.
Next and final stage is to pull the back seats, the ones you sit on, forward and pull the hooks out of the holes and take the back seats out. Then you can begin to remove the carpet from the back forward and over the gear stick/handbrake and once this is out remove the thick sound deadening.
You will then see something like this.
I had to use a wet vac to get all the water up and put the carpet and sound deadening on newspaper in the hut.
The above instructions are from memory of doing this and I may have missed some parts. I take no responsibility for any damage caused whilst following these instructions.
