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

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Fig 1: 12 V Socket 5 -U26-

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

-- Slide the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool:T40148 all the way into the cigarette lighter -1-.

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

The plunger -2- is pulled up and the release tabs -1- are spreading in the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool:T40148 in the direction of -arrows-.

Fig 2: Identifying Release Tool T40148 In Use
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-- Remove the cigarette lighter using the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool:T40148 from the illumination ring with the Cigarette Lighter Illumination Bulb -L28-.

-- Guide the wire out through the mount.

-- Disconnect the connector.