Rear shock absorbers (Van models) - removal, testing and refitting
Removal
1 Raise and support the rear of the vehicle on
stands (see “Jacking and Vehicle Support”).
Place a jack beneath the rear axle tube and just raise it slightly.
2 Disconnect the shock absorber lower mounting by unscrewing the nut and pivot bolt.
3 Unbolt the top mounting bracket from the body and withdraw the unit (see illustration).
11.3 Removing the rear shock absorber top mounting bracket - Van models
4 Undo the nut and pivot bolt to separate the mounting bracket from the shock absorber.
Testing
5 Proceed as described in Section 10.
Refitting
6 Refitting is a reversal of removal, but if a
new unit is being installed, prime it first in a
similar way to that described for testing.
See also:
Steering wheel - alignment
1 Owing to the fact that the steering wheel is
located on a hexagon shaped steering shaft, it
may be difficult to obtain perfect steering wheel
alignment due to lack of fine adjustment.
2 It is th ...
Aerial - removal and refitting
Manually-operated type - all
models except Cabriolet
Removal
1 Withdraw the radio (Section 21) until the
aerial lead can be pulled out of the receiver
socket.
2 Working under the front wing, rel ...
Ignition timing - adjustment for use with unleaded petrol
Note: Refer to the Specifications Section at
the beginning of this Chapter for ignition
timing values for use with unleaded petrol.
1 To run an engine on unleaded petrol,
certain criteria must be ...
