Reliant Rebel 700 1967 Workshop Manual page 93

15. Remove six No 14 screws securing the fascia to the body.
Four are located beneath the fascia and one at each side
securing the fascia to the "A" posts. The LH fixing bolt is
located behind the trim carpet in the glove box. The RH bolt
is accessible through the aperture beneath the steering
column.
16. Withdraw the fascia just sufficiently to enable the
disconnection of panel lights, warning lights, voltage
stabiliser, fuel gauge, temperature gauge, electrical
connections and earth leads.
17. Carefully lift the fascia, complete with its crash pad,
demister hoses, heater and choke cables and remove from
the vehicle.
18. Undo four self-tapping screws and remove the heater vents
from the fascia moulding.
19. Pull the crash pad rearwards from its four retaining plates
and remove it from the fascia.
Fascia replacement
1. Offer up the fascia to the bulkhead, feeding the demister
hoses through the apertures in the bulkhead and the heater
control and choke cables through their grommets into the
engine compartment.
Note: Be careful to keep a sufficient working clearance between the
fascia and the bulkhead to allow for subsequent reconnection of
electrical equipment.
2. Reconnect the panel and warning lights, the voltage
stabiliser, the fuel and temperature gauges and all earth
connections.
3. Slide the fascia over the steering column and into position
on the bulkhead. Be sure that the steering column grommet
is correctly located in the fascia.
4.
Secure the fascia to the bulkhead using six No 14 bolts.
5. Reconnect the speedometer drive cable.
6. Refit the indicator flasher unit under the RH side of the
fascia with a No 10 UNF set screw, plain and lock washers
and hexagon nut.
7. Locate the switches into their appropriate apertures and
secure with bezel nuts and wavy washers.
8.
Reconnect the windscreen washer tubes to the operating
plunger, then refit the access panel in the glove
compartment.
9.
Locate the indicator cancel bush on the steering column
and refit the multi-switch and its retaining clamp using two
screws.
10. Refit the multi-switch cover using two screws, then feed the
multi-switch harness through the small grommet under the
steering column and reconnect the wiring.
11. Refit the steering wheel onto the column spline, aligning
the marks made during disassembly. Secure with a 9/16"
UNF nut and plain washer. Refit the centre motif.
12. Reconnect the demister air hoses to the heater unit.
13. Reconnect the choke cable to the carburettor.
14. Reconnect the heater control cable to the heater tap.
15. Refit the air cleaner.
16. Reconnect the battery.
17. Test all switches and lamps.
Parcel Shelf (Saloon and Estate models)
The parcel shelf is secured beneath the fascia to the body sides by
four No 8 self-tapping screws, and to the prop shaft tunnel by a single
screw on 700cc models only. On Rebel 750cc models, the centre fixing
was deleted.
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