Saab SONETT III Service Manual page 117

REMOVAL OF POP RIVETS AT OPENING SIDE WINDOWS
SAAB
810-2
Disassembly of body
1. Disconnect the battery cable from the battery.
2.
Remove the hood. See section 820.
3.
Remove the side and rear linings in the luggage com-
partment. Remove the opening side windows, remove
the weather strip and unfasten the side linings.
4. Lift out the insulation sheets at the rear. Remove
the rear-window lock. Remove the stay (2 screws
towards the body and 1 screw in the lower edge).
NOTE
Mark out the position of the lower screw in the rec-
tangular hole in the stay.
5.
Bend up the locking tab and open up the cable-
harness jointing sleeve on the rear left wheel house.
Detach the two earth cables from the floor panel.
6. Back off and remove the nuts at the rear edge of the
rear wheel houses above the silencers, one on each
side.
10.
Remove the upper part of the weather strip for the
apertu res of doors.
11.
Remove the striker plates for the door locks.
12.
a) Drill out the pop rivets on the rear door pillars.
REMOVAL OF NUTS ABOVE THE REAR SILENCER
7. Remove the steel strip hold ing the body to the
body frame underneath at the rear (6 screws).
8.
Remove the tank cap and the rubber ring and back
off and remove the four screws holding the filler
pipe.
As from model 1971: Loosen the vent hose for the
fuel tank at the tank and in the engine compart-
ment.
9. Remove the rear window by unscrewing the four
screws at the roll-over bar.
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REMOVAL OF POP RIVETS ON REAR DOOR PILLA RS
b) Drill out the rivets holding the side-window frame
to the body frame.