Opel 1900 - Direction Signal Switch: Disassembly and Reassembly

OPEL 1900 AND MANTA STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY
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DIRECTIONAL SIGNAL SWITCH
This procedure may be performed with the steering
column assembly removed or installed in the car.
Disassembly (Opel 1900. Manta)
1. Remove steering wheel (see paragraph above).
2. Pull off signal switch and steering and ignition
lock wire set.
3. Pull directional signal lever out of seat. Lever is
held in place by a lock ball.
4. Unscrew lower half of signal switch housing cover.
See Figure 3E-10.
Figure 3E-1 1 Removing Upper Part of Signal Switch
Housing Cover
Figure 3E-10 Lower Half of Signal Switch Housing
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5. Remove hex nut from steering mast jacket attach-
ment at front of dash panel. See Figure 3E-7.
6. Unscrew slide-off base from underside of instru-
ment panel and remove upper part of signal switch
housing cover. See Figure 3E- 11,
7. Place a thick piece of wood onto front seat and let
down steering mast jacket assembly. When doing
this, the front seat must be in its front position.
8. Centerpunch tear-off bolt for steering and ignition
lock bracket attachment. Drill a. 12 in. (3mm) diam-
eter hole, using an angular-type drill and with a bolt
remover with left-hand twist screw out bolt. See Fig-
ure 3E-12.
Figure 3E-12 Removing Tear-Off Bolt
9. Remove steering and ignition lock, as well as sig-
nal switch from steering mast jacket and foosefy
attach slide-off base below instrument panel.
Reassembly (Opel 1900 - Manta)
1 When replacing a new directional signal switch,
install new bearing and snap ring in switch assembly.
2. Install signal switch, as well as steering and igni-
tion lock, to steering mast jacket. To do this, screw
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