LOOSE INSTRUMENT PANEL PAD INSTALL REVISED 'J' CLIPS

CONDITION SOME 1982 AND 1983 CUTLASS CIERA MODELS MAY EXPERIENCE A CONDITION IN WHICH "J" NUTS LOCATED ON THE COWL UNDER THE TOP FORWARD EDGE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL PAD, LOOSE FULL THREAD CONTACT WITH INSTRUMENT PANEL PAD ATTACHING SCREWS. CORRECTION A REVISED "J" NUT HAS BEEN RELEASED TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION. THE REVISED "J" NUT, (FIGURE 1) PROVIDES MORE SCREW THREAD CONTACT AREA TO IMPROVE THE GRIP OF THE NUT ON THE SCREW. IN ADDITION THE CENTER PORTION OF THE "J" NUT IS DESIGNED TO FLOAT FREE AND SLIDE SIDEWAYS. THIS WILL PERMIT PROPER ALIGNMENT OF THE "J" NUT AND INSTRUMENT PANEL PAD ATTACHMENT SCREW HOLES. THIS "J" NUT IS AVAILABLE FROM WDDGM, PART NUMBER 22521600, AND MAY BE USED ON ALL CURRENT MODEL INSTRUMENT PANELS. FOR "J" NUT REPLACEMENT, REFER TO THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE. 1.DISCONNECT SPEEDOMETER CABLE AT TRANSAXLE. (ON CARS EQUIPPED WITH CRUISE CONTROL, DISCONNECT THE SPEEDOMETER CABLE AT TRANSDUCER.) 2.REMOVE BOTH FRONT SPEAKER GRILLES. 3.REMOVE STEERING COLUMN TRIM COLLAR AND THE LOWER STEERING COLUMN TRIM PANEL. 4.REMOVE SCREWS ATTACHING RIGHT AND LEFT SOUND ABSORBERS TO INSTRUMENT PANEL. 5.DISCONNECT SHIFT INDICATOR CLIP FROM SHIFT BOWL. 6.LOOSEN INSTRUMENT PANEL MOUNTING BRACKET NUT NEAR STEERING COLUMN. 7.REMOVE RIGHT COURTESY LAMP. 8.REMOVE 3 BOLTS AND ONE NUT ATTACHING THE STEERING COLUMN TO STEERING COLUMN SUPPORT, THEN LOWER THE COLUMN. (REFER TO SECTION 3B6 IN THE 1983 FIRENZA, OMEGA & CUTLASS CIERA CHASSIS SERVICE MANUAL.) 9.REMOVE THREE (3) LOWER INSTRUMENT PANEL ATTACHING SCREWS. 10.REMOVE FOUR (4) UPPER INSTRUMENT PANEL ATTACHING SCREWS. 11.PULL INSTRUMENT PANEL REARWARD AND LOOSEN FOUR (4) DEFROSTER DUCT SCREWS. 12.REMOVE EXISTING "J" NUTS AND INSTALL REVISED "J" NUTS. 13.REVERSE REMOVAL PROCEDURE FOR INSTALLATION.

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