Centre Console Removal - 1997 onwards
A few pics and tips for beginners.
Most have probably already played with removing the console ... and its all laid out in, now, easily accessible, chrysler workshop manuals ... but there still appears to be newbies to XJs and the FSM is pretty basic in the details.
So to begin with ... The dreaded T-Bar Handle ... :bang:
Tis easy ;) ... Just put the selector in third, grasp the T-Bar with both hands and give it a sharp tug upwards at the same angle as the shaft.
Best to lean through, in between the seats, to get at it IMHO ... until your proficient at it and have a feel for it.
Its held on by plastic fingers inside the handle shaft - which can break off if the angle of removal is too much ... ask me how I know .. :rolleyes: .. :D
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Nooooo .... the numbers are, on the correct side of the gear stick ....
For down here .. ;)
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I normally remove the console lid - and get it right out of the way ;);) - blue arrows
Then theres the two front screws to remove - yellow arrows
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... and the two in the bottom of the storage area.
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Be gentle removing the gear selector trims ... Again - the plastic retaining tabs can be easily broken.
Remove the bulbs and the screws.
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Pull the Handbrake Lever full on, select Low 4 and Reverse .... Lift up the rear of console and guide it up, and off, to the rear.
Pays to have the wheels chocked - with all the messing about with the gear selector and handbrake positions .. ;);)
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Which will leave you looking at this.
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Instal is a simple reversal of the above.
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