12 V Socket 3 U19, Replacing

Special tools and workshop equipment required 

• Cigarette Lighter Release Tool :T40148 

-- The release tabs -2- on the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool Cigarette Lighter Release Tool :T40148  must engage into the openings at the 12 V Socket 3 -U19- -3- -arrow-. To do so, the threaded rod -1- must be slid downward until it stops.

Fig 1: 12 V Socket 5 -U26-

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-- Open the mount cover -2- and hold it in that position.

Fig 2: Identifying Piston -2- And Release Tabs -1

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-- Insert the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool :T40148  all the way into the 12 V Socket -3-.

-- Turn the thumbwheel -1- at the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool :T40148  clockwise all the way to the end stop.

Conditions

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

-- Remove the 12 V Socket from the mount using the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool :T40148  .

Fig 3: Identifying Release Tool T40148 In Use

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-- Disconnect the connector.

Installing

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

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

Fig 4: Identifying Support, Thumbwheel, Release Tabs, Release Tool T40148 & Cigarette Lighter

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

-- Turn the thumbwheel -4- at the Cigarette Lighter Release Tool :T40148  counter-clockwise -arrow-, doing so, the release tabs -2- at the 12 V Socket -3- are loosened and the cigarette lighter release tool can be removed.