Cowl: Service and Repair

COWL TOP




Removal and Installation

REMOVAL
1. Disconnect the negative and positive battery cables, then wait at least 3 minutes.
2. Remove right and left wiper arms. Refer to "Front Wiper Arms".
3. Remove cowl top seal.
- Release plastics clips on cowl top seal which go through cowl tops LH and RH and cowl top extension.

4. Remove cowl top covers LH and RH.
- Release plastic clips under cowl top covers attaching to grommets on hoodledge.
- Disconnect washer tubes from washer nozzles under cowl top covers.

5. Remove cowl top extension brackets LH and RH.
- Disconnect wiper motor harness from cowl top extension bracket LH.
- Cowl top extension bracket LH must be removed prior to removal of wiper motor and connecting rod assembly.

6. Remove wiper motor and connecting rod linkage.
7. Disconnect windshield washer tube.
8. Remove water cut valve bracket from cowl top extension. Refer to "THERMOSTAT AND WATER PIPING".
9. Remove A/C line bracket from cowl top extension. Refer to "REFRIGERANT LINES".
10. Remove drain tube from each side of cowl top extension.
11. Remove cowl top extension.

INSTALLATION
Installation is in the reverse order of removal.