Hood, Seat, and Side Covers Replacement
REMOVE
1.  Slide  seat  to  the  closest  position  to  steering  col-
umn.
2.  Fully tilt steering column forward.
3.  If your truck is equipped with an LPG tank, swing
tank off to the side.
4.  Raise latch on the left, front corner of hood to un-
latch and lift up hood. See Figure 3.
5.  Remove floor mat and floor plate. See Figure 4.
6.  Remove two capscrews holding left and right rear
side covers to the frame. Remove  rear  side  cov-
ers from frame. See Figure 4.
7.  Remove  two  capscrews  holding  left  and  right
fender  covers  to  front  overhead  guard  leg.  Re-
move covers. See Figure 4.
8.  Remove  four  capscrews  holding  left  and  right
front side covers to frame. Remove covers.
9.  Fully lower the steering column.
10.  Remove  upper  steering  column  cover  by  pulling
up  on  upper  steering  column  cover  to  release
latches  (one  on  either  side),  and  pulling  cover
away from steering column. See Figure 5.
11.  Remove  five  fasteners  (see  Figure  5)  securing
dash to the top of cowl. Remove four clips, loca-
ted underneath dash, that attach dash to the kick
panel. Lift to remove dash.
12.  Lift  kick  panel  to  remove  it  from  truck.  See  Fig-
ure 4.
13.  Remove  three  capscrews  holding  the  seal  plate.
Remove seal plate. See Figure 6.
14.  Disconnect seat wire harness connector. See Fig-
ure 3.
  CAUTION
When  removing  the  seat  from  the  hood, DO  NOT
use  an  impact  wrench  to  remove  the  capscrews.
Damage  can  be  caused  to  the  threads  on  the
screws and in the holes.
15.  If  seat  is  to  be  removed,  and  truck  is  equipped
with a non-swivel seat, remove seat wire harness
from seat wire harness brackets that are attached
to the underside of hood. Remove the cable clips
from  the  seat  wire  harness.  If  truck  is  equipped
with a swivel seat, remove seat wire harness from
seat  wire  harness  bracket  attached  to  underside
of hood and behind the seat. See Figure 3.
16.  Remove  four  capscrews  and  washers  holding
seat to the hood.  Lift seat  off the  hood. Pull seat
wire harness through hood. See Figure 3.
17.  Remove capscrews and washers at top of the gas
springs. Remove gas springs from hood.
18.  Remove  hinge  screws,  located  in  the  rear of  the
hood.
19.  Lift hood from the truck. See Figure 3.
INSTALL
1.  Place hood onto the lift truck frame.
2.  Install  hinge  screws,  located  in  the  rear  of  the
hood,  and  tighten  to 38  N•m  (28  lbf  ft).  See Fig-
ure 3.
3.  Align  top  holes  in  the  gas  springs  with  holes  in
hood. There  are  two sets of  holes  used to install
the gas springs to hood, based on the type of seat
installed  on  lift  truck.  One set  is for  installing the
cylinder end of the gas springs and the  other set
is for attaching the rod end of the gas springs. In-
stall  capscrews  and  washers  to  attach  gas
springs to the hood. Refer to Figure 7 and Table 1
for  correct  holes  used  to  connect  the  rod  end  of
the cylinder, depending on the type of seat instal-
led  on  the  lift  truck.  Tighten  capscrews  to
19.2 N•m (170 lbf in).
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