Removal & Installation

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Remove steering column upper trim section. See STEERING COLUMN UPPER TRIM .
Remove steering column lower trim section. See STEERING COLUMN LOWER TRIM .
Slide in special tool (61 3 300) with flattened end (A) facing ring antenna and lever out ring antenna. See Fig 1.
To install, reverse removal procedure.

Fig 1: Removing Ring Antenna

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