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Removingthe headlining,carswith later-versionsunroofs
The headlining can be removed in the normal way once
the plastic strip around the sunroof opening has been
removed and the lining material bent down.
REMOVING THE HEAD LINING
Install in the reverse order.
Removing and fitting of the headlining, cars with earlierversion sunroofs
1. Remove the sunroof (see special instructions).
2. Remove the rear window (see special instructions).
3. Unscrew the rails round the sunroof opening.
THE RAILS ARE REMOVED
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4. Carefully remove the material which is glued to the
sunroof frame.
5. Removal is then carried out in the same way as for
cars without sunroofs with the exception that the
lining should be lifted out through the rear window.
Installation is made in the reverse order.
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SEATS AND CARPETING
DRIVER'S SEAT
GENERAL
Removing and installing
The front seats are built up on a sheet steel frame to
which the backrest is mounted. The upholstery consists
of moulded rubber cushions laid on rubber sheets and
covered with textile and plastic-coated fabric. Both front
seats are mounted on rails to allow legroom adjustment.
At the front of the driver seat rails is an adjustment bolt
with which the height of the seat can be adjusted.
The driver's seat is installed and taken out complete with
rails.
1. Release the seat by moving the adjustment bolt lever
or handle to the intermediate position. Disconnect the
cable connectors for the seat heating pads and, where
applicable, the contacts for the seat belt warning system.
2. Push the catches back to release the adjustment bolt.
Raise the leading edge of the seat, tip it backward and
disengage from the hooks at the rear.
To install the seat, proceed in the reverse order.
PASSENGER SEAT
Release the seat by removing the retaining screws (insex
screws) from the rails.
Legroom adjustment
FRONT SEAT
Move the catch 1 up, (see illustration) and slide the seat
forward or backward to the desired position.
1. Legroom adjustment catch
2. Backrest release, to drop backrest forward
3. Backrest angle adjusting knob
4. Vertical adjustment handle (driver's seat only)
5. Catch
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The rails are secured at the back ends by attachment
hooks with two notches. The adjustment bolt can be manipulated to raise or lower the whole seat, raise the front
and drop the back, or vice versa. A system of springs under the rails at the back helps to raise the seat.
The backrest is adjustable and can be set at variou·s angles
or in the fully reclining position by turning the knob. To
enable passengers to enter or leave the back seat in the
2-door model, the front seat backrest can be folded forward by releasing the catch by means of one of the handles.
The front handle is for use from the outside of the car
while the rear handle is designed for rear seat passengers.
The driver's seat is electrically heated. Heating elements
consisting of resistance wiring and reflectors held by a
plastic net is mounted in seat and backrest cushions and
via a thermostat connected to the ignition lock.
The elements are switched on when the seat temperature
is below 50°F (+14°C). The thermostat, mounted in the
seat cushion, cuts out the current when the temperature
is higher than 81°F (+27°C).
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Adjustment mechanism
Dropping the backrest forward
The front seat adjustment mechanism is continuously
adjustable and features a friction device that locks the
seat frame to the rails.
The friction device must lock equally hard ,on both sides
when the release catch is in its normal position (i.e.
locked). This is best checked with the seat mounted in
the car. The release catch must not touch the stop when
in this position. If the friction device is not working properly, the seat must be taken out and the adjustment
mechanism readjusted. It is normally sufficient to adjust
the inner side only, as follows.
To drop the backrest forward, press down catch 2 (see
illustration, page 852-1 ).
Backrest adjustment
Turn knob 3 (see illustration, page 852-1) forward to
raise and backward to lower the backrest.
NOTE! Do not press on the backrest while adjusting.
1. Separate the splined joint with a screwdriver.
Adjusting the height of driver's seat
NOTE
Make sure that the eccentric does not slip out of the
hole in the locking arm. If this happens, the.eccentric shaft tension spring will lose its grip.
The lever under the front of the seat, which is provided
with a catch, is used to adjust the front and rear of the
seat to two alternative heights. As the front and rear
adjustments are independent of each other, four different
combinations are possible. The lever has three positions rear, front and middle.
SPLINED JOINT, DISASSEMBLED
1. Lock arm
2. Eccentric
3. Splines
4. Spring
5. Twist ring
6. Intermediate tube
2. Turn the twist ring and intermediate tube counterclockwise until all play is eliminated and the release
button is about 0.4" ( 10 mm) above the stop. Put the
splined joint together in this position.
NOTE
The foregoing instructions apply to the left-hand
seat. In the case of the right-hand seat, turn the twist
ring and intermediate tube clockwise.
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ADJUSTMENT
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Adjusting seat cushion height and angle
Release the lever/handle catch by pulling the lever/handle
and moving it to the central position. The seat can now
be adjusted to the desired position as follows:
A. Front and rear raised:
Move lever/handle back without weight on seat.
B. Front raised, rear dropped:
Move lever/handle back, pressing down on seat.
C. Front and rear dropped:
Move lever/handle forward, pressing down on seat.
D. Front dropped, rear raised:
Move lever/handle forward without weight on seat.
Separating backrest-seat cushion
REMOVAL OF LOCK RING
1. Remove the two screws as shown in the illustration.
earlier design, Phillips screws
- later design, Higrip screws.
Changing the squab upholstery up to and including 1979
model
1. Remove the seat from the car.
2. Undo the zip in the lower edge and unhook the hooks
at the bottom on each side.
3. Roll up the upholstery as far as the band in the middle
of the backrest. Undo the clip at the rear of the backrest and pull the band and clip to the front of the seat.
REMOVAL OF SCREWS FOR THE RECLINING CONTROL
2. Remove the lock ring on the opposite side. (The ring
is holding the back rest frame stud to the seat frame.)
Then the backrest can be hooked off from the seat.
Reclining controls torque
CLIP AT REAR OF BACKREST
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PULLING THE BAND TO THE FRONT
THREADING THE PLASTIC RING OUT FORWARDS
4. Unhook the thread which secures the upholstery at
the front and below the hole in the backrest.
6. Fold back the flaps in the grooves inside the hole.
UNHOOKING THE THREAD
5. Bend the plastic ring which secures the upholstery at
the hole and thread it through the hole from the back
to the front.
FOLDING BACK THE FLAPS
7. Remove the cover
Fitting is carried out in the reverse order.
COMPRESSING THE PLASTIC RING
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Changingthe squabupholsteryasfrom 1980 model
1. Undo the zip in the lower edge and unhook both the
hooks at the bottom of each side of the squab.
2. Roll up the upholstery and unhook both the wires
which hold it to the front and rear sides.
3. Fold back the material over the headrest which should
be raised to the upper position.
4. Remove the headrest retaining screws.
5. Depress the headrest mounting catch and pull up the
headrest. The upholstery can then be removed.
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Checking of heating pads
1. Undo the wire connection "140" (yellow wire) from
fuse 3. Connect a test lamp between the wire connection and the fuse terminal.
2. Switch on the ignition. In cars with original heating
pad fittings in the passenger seat, the seat contact
should be closed during checking.
3. Find the thermostat in the seat (feel with fingers) and
cool the area in a suitable manner, for example with
a cooling spray of the same type used for radio and
TV service.
CHECKING WITH A BUZZER
B. Seat heating pad
Cool the thermostat until it is below the cut-in temperature and connect the buzzer as under A but to the other
pin in the dual-pole splice cover. Note that even a thermostat fault can mean that the buzzer will not sound in
this case.
Changing the heating pads
COOLING THE THERMOSTAT
After a while the thermostat will cut in and the lamp
should light.
If the lamp does not light it may be due to:
Faulty fuse
Wire fracture in the wiring or the heating pads
Faulty thermostat
Faulty grounding
Defective test lamp
1. Take out the seat.
2. Remove the seat upholstery. Remove the backrest
cover (see under "Changing backrest covers"). The
seat cover is removed by undoing all the lower clips,
the rib on the right-hand side of the seat and the base
rib. Pull up the cover from the right, and tuck it out
of the way so that the heating pad is accessible.
3. Remove the heating pad(s). Dissolve the glue with
pure gasoline (cleaning gasoline) so as not to tear off
large pieces of the foam rubber cushioning.
Possible wiring fracture in heating pads, check with the
aid of a buzzer
(Disassembled, heated seat)
A. Backrest heating pad
Connect one of the leads of the buzzer to the pad leads
(the splicing sleeve is pushed into the PVS tube). If there
is no fault in the wiring, the buzzer will sound when its
other lead is connected to one of the two pins in the
dual-pole splice cover.
REMOVING THE HEATING PADS
4. Glue on the new heating pad(s) with suitable impact
adhesive such as Bostik A3. Connect the wiring so
that the pads are in series.
5. Replace the upholstery and mount the seat.
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Changing the thermostat
Remove the seat cover, see points 1-2 "Changing the
heating pads". Remove the binding threads from the
thermostat connection wires, after which the thermostat can be pulled out and replaced. Fit binding threads
to the new thermostat to eliminate the risk of the wires
working loose after a time.
CATCH, SEAT CUSHION, BACK SEAT, 2-DOOR MODEL
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CHANGING THE THERMOSTAT
BACKSEAT
The back seat cushion and backrest are of spring interior
construction with upholstery and covers. The cushion has
a plywood base, while the backrest has a backing of pressed
sheet steel. The cushion is attached to the body by two
hinges at the front edge, while the backrest pivots on two
hinges at the bottom. In the upright position, the backrest is secured by a catch so that it cannot be forced forward by loose objects in the trunk compartment if the
brakes are applied hard.
The trunk can be extended into a larger cargo compartment at need by the following rearrangement of the back
seat cushion and backrest:
Press up the catch of the rear seat cushion. The catch lever is placed below in the edge of the cushion. On the 4door model the catch is released by pulling the control
to the right under the cushion. Raise the front edge of it,
then pull it forward and downward to stand the cushion
on edge behind the front seats. Next release the backrest
catch and fold the backrest forward and down.
CATCH, SEAT CUSHION, BACK SEAT, 4-DOOR MODEL
BACKREST CUSHION CATCH, SAAB 99 (99 L), 99 L (99 GU,
AND99 EMS
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CARPETS
The floor carpets are of nylon fibre on fabric. The carpets
are secured by means of press studs and tape fasteners.
They are secured at the sides by the kick plates which are
screwed to the sill beams by means of self-tapping screws.
With effect from 1976 model cars, the front edge of the
luggage compartment carpet is screwed down.
BACKREST CUSHION CATCH, SAAB 99 COMBI COUPE, UP
TO AND INCL. MODEL 1976
BACKREST CUSHION CATCH, SAAB 99 COMBI COUPE, AS
FROM MODEL 1977
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REMOVING THE KICK PLATES
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