Rear Cigarette Lighter -U9- /12 V Socket 2 -U18-, REMOVING AND INSTALLING: Removing

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-- Remove the blind cover.

-- The release tabs -2- on the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool:T40148 must engage in the openings on the cigarette lighter -3- -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 release tool -3- all the way into the cigarette lighter -1-.

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-- Turn the thumbwheel -2- on the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool:T40148 clockwise all the way to the end stop.

The piston -2- is pulled upward and the release tabs -1- on the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool:T40148 spread -arrows-.

Fig 2: Identifying Release Tool T40148 In Use
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-- Remove the cigarette lighter from the illumination ring with the Socket Illumination Bulb -L42- using the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool:T40148 .

-- Guide the wire out through the mount.