Cigarette Lighter -U1-, REMOVING AND INSTALLING: Removing

-- Remove the lighter -1-.

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-- Using the : 3409  , release the trim -7- at the top in direction of -arrow- and disengage it at the storage compartment -6-.

• This releases the retainers -3, 4 and 5-.

-- Disconnect the connector -2-.

-- The release tabs -2- on the : T40148  must engage in the openings on the cigarette lighter -3- in direction of -arrow-. To do so, the threaded rod -1- must be slid all the way down.

Fig 1: 12 V Socket 5 -U26-

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-- Slide the : T40148  all the way into the cigarette lighter -1-.

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-- Turn the thumbwheel -2- on the : T40148  clockwise all the way to the end stop.

• The piston -2- is pulled upward and the release tabs -1- on the : T40148  spread -arrows-.
  Fig 2: Identifying Release Tool T40148 In Use

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-- Remove the cigarette lighter using the : T40148  from the illumination ring with the Cigarette Lighter Illumination Bulb -L28-.

-- Guide the wire out through the mount.