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Practical hints
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왘 Tilt both plates upward 1.
왘 Fold the lower plate outward 2.
왘 Guide the tabs of the lower plate all the
way into the openings of the base
plate 3.
For information on where to place wheel
chocks when changing a wheel, see “Lift-
ing the vehicle” (
컄 page 459).
Minispare wheel
The Minispare wheel is located in the
storage compartment underneath the
trunk floor.
Removing the Minispare wheel
왘 Lift up trunk floor cover and engage
trunk floor handle in upper edge of
trunk.
왘 Loosen the retaining screw in the mid-
dle of storage well casing by turning it
counterclockwise (
컄 page 422).
왘 Remove the storage well casing
(
컄 page 422).
Example CLK coupe
1 Vehicle tool kit
Wheel wrench
Jack
2 Arrow
3 Minispare wheel, Wheel bolts for
Minispare wheel
4 Vehicle tool kit storage well casing
왘 Remove vehicle tool kit storage well
casing 4.
왘 Remove Minispare wheel 3.
Storing the Minispare wheel
왘 Place Minispare wheel 3 in wheel
well.
왘 Place vehicle tool kit storage well
casing 4 over the Minispare wheel.
Make sure arrow 2 on vehicle tool kit
storage well casing 4 points in the
direction of travel.
왘 Place storage well casing (컄 page 422)
over vehicle tool kit storage well
casing 4 and turn the retaining screw
(
컄 page 422) clockwise as far it will go
to secure the Minispare wheel.
왘 Disengage trunk floor handle in upper
edge of trunk and lower trunk floor cov-
er.
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Arrow 2 on vehicle tool kit storage well
casing 4 must point in the direction of travel.
Otherwise you cannot place the storage well cas-
ing (
컄 page 422) on top and secure the Minis-
pare wheel with the retaining screw
(
컄 page 422).
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