Maintenance - AMC Rambler 1965 Technical & Service Manual

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DOME
-
HEADLINING
_
BODY FINISH AND
TRIM
MAINTENANCE
Roof Support Rofter
Embossing in Rofter
Clip Snopped
to
Rofter
Lorger Rolled
Flonge
lo
Fronf
Cqr
Dolted Line
Indicotes Moulding
lding
Hooked
to Clip
FIGURE
3 - Joint Cover Moulding
Fostening
(Stotion Wogon
Models)
metol
between
the
moulding
ond
the
heodlining
ot
eoch
end
of the
mould-
ing
to oct
os
o
slide
to
prevent dom-
oge
to
the
heodlining. Then
tilt
the
moulding
to the
reor ond
remove
the
ends
of
the
moulding
from the "J"
mouldings.
lnsert
ond slide o
screw
driver
under
lhe
")"
moulding, olong the right
side
roof
roil to
locote eoch snop-in
clip.
Pry
eoch clip owoy from the right
side
roof
roil.
Lower
the
heodlining
on the
right
side
ond
disengoge
the left
side
of
the
heodlining
by
corefully roising
it
up ond out
of
the
"J"
moulding.
Re-
move
the
heodlining through
the
front
door
bn
Two
ond Four Door
Sedons.
On
Stotion Wogons
remove through
the
toil
gote
opening.
On Hordtop
Models
lower the
reor
quorter window
ond
open
the
door
Finish
Moulding Heodlining Retoiner
Mouldi
Engoge in
FIGURE
4
-
Heodlining
Reloiner
('f"
Moulding)
Slide Clip to
Right ond
Up
/
ond
remove
the
heodlining.
Coution musl
be
exercised
ot
o
ll
times
to
prevent soiling, shorp
bend-
ing or
crocking
the
heodlining.
To
remove
the reor
section
on
Sto-
tion Wogon
Models, remove
the
ioint
cover moulding,
toil gote
opening
heoder moulding,
ond reor
quorter
window
"J"
mouldings.
Remove
the
heodlining through
the
toil
gote
opening.
lnstollotion
Ai
eoch
clip
locotion there
ore
two
slotted holes
in
the
"J"
moulding,
one
obove
the
other.
A
proiection
or
borb
on the clip is
engoged
in the
lower
hole
of
lhe
"J"
moulding when
it
is
removed.
The clips
must
be
repositioned to
engoge
the
upper holes
on both "J"
mouldings
before instolling
the
mould-
ing to the
side
roof
roil.
lnstoll
the
mouldings
to the
side
roof
roil.
Center the heodlining
in
the
cor
ond
coref
ully
insert
the left
side of
the
heodlining
in the "J"
moulding.
Apply o good trim
cement
to the
heod-
Iining.
Roise
the
right side ond insert
it
into the
"J"
moulding.
The
reor edge
of
the front
heod-
lining
on
Stotion
Wogon
Models
must
Coot
Hook
Joint Cover
Mou
lding
set obove the roof rofter flonge
for
proper support, ond
to
focilitote
in-
stollotion
of the
ioint cover
moulding
clips.
The
front edge
of
the reor
heod-
lining
must
set
obove
the two
ex-
iended prongs
of
the
ioint
cover
moulding
clips ond
the
heodlining
moved forword
for
enough
to focilitote
coveroge
by the
moulding.
Align the
sun
visor hole in the heod-
lining with the
visor
hole
in the
wind-
shield
heoder. Then push up
on the
"J"
moulding
ot
eoch
clip
locotion
to
en-
goge
the
bqrbs
on the
clips
with
the
lower holes
in the "J"
moulding.
An oudible click
will
insure positive
engogement.
lnstoll
oll
mouldings,
reor view
mir-
ror,
sun
visors,
coot
hooks, dome light
ond other ports
removed.
On
Stotion
Wogon
Models,
the
ioint
cover moulding
must
olso
be
instolled.
lnsert
the
4
by
4
inch slides
in
the "J"
mouldings
ond
center
the
ioinl
cover
moulding.
Then hook
the
re<rr
edge of
the
moulding onto
the clips ond
with
the
heel
of the
hond snop
the
moulding
into
ploce.
BODY FINISH AND
TRIM
MAINTENANCE
Point-Core
of
Finish
All
cors
hove
o
boked enomel
flnish
on
.the
body, hood, fenders,
ond
oll
sheet metol ports. This finish is excep-
tionolly duroble ond gives
o
beoutiful
high gloss. Under ordinory
conditions,
the finish
will
require
but little
otten-
tion
to
preserve
il for
o
long period.
Woshing
Frequent woshings
to
remove
solt,
sulphur,
ond ocid
content foreign mot-
ter ore
necessory
for the
protection
of
the
finish.
These domoging ogents
ore
oppor-
ent in
dust
or
mud which moy
contoin
solt,
colcium chloride, smoke-soot film,
ond
fly
osh
which moy contoin
sulphur,
sops from
vorious
types
of
trees,
ond
roin
drops
or
dew from trees
thot
hove been sproyed which moy
contoin
ocid. Any of
these,
if
permitted
to
re-
moin
on the
finish,
will
either
discolor
or
couse blisters
in ony type
of
point.
To ovoid
scrotching
the
flnish,
the
cor
should
be
woshed
rother
thon
cleoned with
o
dry cloth.
Wosh
the
cor
Upper Slot
/
FIGURE
5 - Repositioning Clips
\
Push
Clip
Down