Tunnel top removal

[mikevernontalktalk.net]

How is the trim panel on top of the transmission tunnel held in place? (later model with handbrake on tunnel)

Somebody please tell me I don't have to grovel underneath and slide my hand up past the propshaft to release a clip of some sort.

[Mr Locust]

Just lift it off. You will probably have to get underneath to release the handbrake cable which allows the lever to point straight up.

 

Ian

 

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[mikevernontalktalk.net]

Rats! I knew it would involve getting dirty.

But it still feels like there's something else holding it, not just the handbrake cable.

[Dazzled]

Mr Locust is correct - slacken off the handbrake cable to allow the lever to be as near vertical as possible, remove the gearknob ( obvious ) then off it comes. Its is slightly spring loaded around the base but isn't secured by any other means.

[Myles]

Depends... If you've got Tillets - and a non-SV car, the rear of the top is pinched by the seats - so that might make it appear harder to remove...

 

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[shn7]

And don't forget to remove the plastic sleeve from the handbrake handle and the gear knob .

 

If it's still resisting efforts to remove it what area feels fixed? Someone could have added a couple of self tappers perhaps at the rear into the rear panel

 

Steve.

[John Vine]

You will probably have to get underneath to release the handbrake cable which allows the lever to point straight up.

I've found it's possible to remove the tunnel top without having to touch the cable, providing you're happy to stretch the handbrake gaiter very gently as it rides up the lever. But you do need to pull the handbrake up really hard first.

 

JV

[Strangely]

With my Tillet driver's seat, the tunnel cover wouldn't budge until after we'd removed the seat 🙆🏻.

[Howard Dawson]

For future reference for anyone looking here. After much pulling and yanking, the tunnel top would still not budge. By removing the passenger Tillet on my year 2000 R500 I found that the rear of the tunnel top was held in place by two self tappers - one each side. The drivers side one could be accessed by sliding the seat right forward. Once they were removed, the top slid off easily without disconnecting the handbrake cable (although I had to pull it right up).