Routine maintenance and servicing
This Chapter is designed to help the home mechanic maintain his/her vehicle for safety, economy, long life and peak performance.
The Chapter contains a master maintenance schedule, followed by Sections dealing specifically with each task on the schedule. Visual checks, adjustments, component renewal and other helpful items are included. Refer to the accompanying illustrations of the engine compartment and the underside of the vehicle for the locations of the various components.
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Horn switch assembly - removal and refitting
1 Disconnect the battery negative lead.
Switch
Models up to 1987
2 Pull the trim insert from the centre of the
steering wheel, and disconnect the lead from
the horn push.
3 Disconnect the two le ...
Bodywork and fittings
General information
The model range includes 4-door Saloon, 3
and 5-door Hatchback, 5-door Estate, and 2-
door Pick-up body styles.
Each body is of all-steel welded energyabsorbing
monocoque cons ...
Front wheel bearings - renewal
1 Remove the hub carrier.
2 Reverse the roadwheel nuts and screw
them fully onto the studs to protect the
threads, then mount the hub carrier assembly
in a vice as shown (see illustration).
6.2 ...
