Saab SONETT III Service Manual page 119

Reassembly of body
1. Place the body on the frame and fit in the rear
bunnper screws. Lift up the rear part of the body and
check the height with the aid of the middle stay.
Refit the steel strip holding the body to the body
frame at the rear, making sure that the vent hose
does not get squeezed (model 1970).
Tighten the nuts for the rear bumper and for the
center stay.
2. Fix the body at the door pillers and front edge.
Check with the aid of the doors that the body is
properly positioned all over.
Secure the body to the rear door pillar with a few
pop rivets. Refit the screws at the windshield pillers
and at the front edge of the rear wheel houses.
NOTE
The joints between body and body frame at the
wheel houses and front edge must be thoroughly
sealed with a suitable sealing compound, e.g. Rib-
bonseal EC 2185, which is manufactured by the 3-M
Company.
3. Refit the twelve screws round the front body
attachment to the dash panel.
Check that the distance between the upper side of
the front plastic edge (in the center of the body)
and the lower side of the sill is 625 mm (vertically).
Refit the cover on the heater box.
4. Rivet the body on with the aid of a pair of pop
rivet pliers at the rear door pillar (remaining rivets),
the upper brackets for the cover plate on the front
door pillar and the side window pillar.
NOTE
If a new body is to be fitted, it will be necessary to
drill holes for the pop rivets.
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RIVETING WITH A POP RIVET TOOL
6.
F it the rear-window lock loosely and insert the
control wire. Replace the insulation sheets at the
rea r.
7.
Refit the filler pipe, the rubber ring and the tank
cap.
As from model 1971: Refit the vent hose for the
fuel tank.
8. Ref it the striker plates for the door locks. Hold
the retaining plate on through the hole under the
side lining.
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FITTING THE STRIKER PLATE AND RETAINING PLATE
9.
Refit the linings in the luggage compartment as weil
as the side linings behind the doors.
10.
Refit the weather strips at the doors and opening
side windows. Ref it the side windows.
11.
Position and secure the rear window. Apply sealing
compound between the body and the hinges. Adjust
the window locking device.
12.
Refit the linkage between the windshield wiper
motor and the wiper mechanism.
13. Refit the instrument panel.
14.
Ref it the hood. See section 820.
15.
Reconnect the battery cable to the battery.
Nov. 1972
810-4
SAAB