Cigarette Lighter -U1- /12 V Socket -U5-, REMOVING AND INSTALLING: Installing

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Fig 1: Identifying Support, Thumbwheel, Release Tabs, Release Tool T40148 & Cigarette Lighter

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Install in the reverse order of removal while noting the following:

CAUTION:

Risk of injury due to the preglow from the removed cigarette lighter socket.

- Check the tab on the socket.

- After removing the socket, push the springs back together carefully.

-- Remove the support -1- from the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool:T40148 .

-- Slide the piston down and hold it in place.

-- Turn the thumbwheel -4- on the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool:T40148 counter-clockwise om the direction of -arrow-. This loosens the release tabs -2- on the cigarette lighter -3- so the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool:T40148 can be removed.