1987 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA open hood

7-4. REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
Removal
[Heater and blower motor]
1. Disconnect battery negative cable.
2. Drain cooling system.
WARNING:
To help avoid the danger of being burned, do
not remove the drain plug and the radiator
cap while the engine and radiator are still hot.
Scalding fluid and steam can be blown out
under pressure if the plug and cap are taken
off too soon.
Fig 7-51. Drain plug2. Radiator
3. Disconnect heater inlet and outlet hoses
from heater unit pipes.
4. Remove instrument panel ass’y with speedo-
meter ass’y as follows.
1) Take off horn pad and remove steering
wheel using special tool @.
2) If equipped with radio and cigarette lighter,
disconnect radio and cigarette lighter lead
wires, and pull out radio case with radio
and cigarette lighter after loosening case
stay screw, and remove radio case bracket.
3) Pull out ashtray and loosen ashtray plate
screws.
4) Disconnect front food opening cable from
lock ass’y.
5) Loosen panel box stay screw and hood
opening cable lock nut on back side of
panel box cover.
6) Disconnect lead wires to control lever at
the coupler and heater control cables.
7) Pull out lever knobs and plate, and loosen
lever case screws.
8) Remove defroster and side ventilator hoses.
9) Disconnect lead wires to speedometer and
switches installed instrument panel at the
couplers.
10) Disconnect speedometer cable from speedo-
meter.
11) Release wire harness clamps installed to
instrument panel.
12) Loosen screws securing instrument panel.
13) Remove instrument panel.
NOTE:
l Before removing, recheck to ascertain all
hoses, wire harness, cables and screws are
disconnected from instrument paneL
l When removing heater lever case which is
fitted in steering column holder, be very
careful not to damage it
5. Remove steering column holder after loosen-
ing front door open stopper screws.
Fig. 7-7Fig. 7-6@ Special tool (Steering wheel
remover 09944-360 10)
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