Saab 9-5 shift boot install

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Shift Boot Install

1. Pull up bottom of boot off lip, it is elastic.

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2. Remove your shift knob; the knob is just pressed on.
Wrap the plastic collar under the knob in tape and use a towel and 24mm wrench to yank the knob off. Be careful it will come off in one good pull sometimes and being somewhat forceful can cause the knob to go flying.

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  1. Once removed, you can pry the boot out of the collar for the reverse trigger. Installing the new boot is identical to stock, fold in the tabs of the new leather boot and slip it into the knurling around the reverse trigger stalk like the OEM boot.

  2. Install the reverse trigger stalk back onto the knob, it will click in. Use the palm of your hand and tap the knob back onto the shifter. Fit the elastic bottom of the boot around the trim and you are done.

E-Brake boot install

1. Pull up the bottom of the shifter boot (it is elastic)

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2. Remove tray in front of shifter, use a plastic pry tool on the bottom and it will release.

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3. Undo torx bolts behind the tray

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4. Remove heated seat/cooled seat/blank buttons from the shifter trim

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5. Pry up shifter trim and disconnect door lock switch

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6. Disconnect cig lighter

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7. Undo the 4 torx screws underneath shifter trim

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8. Flip up arm rest and remove 1 torx screw underneath

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9. Remove rear vents, close arm rest and slide it upward

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10. Undo 2 torx screws holding the spring holding the arm rest in, pry arm rest from holders by using screw drive to pry open slots

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11. Remove coin tray

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12. Remove window switches

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13. Remove ignition immobilizer sensor, twist it clockwise and pull up

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14. Pull up ebrake and begin to remove top of center console, pull forward and wiggle it loose. Disconnect ebrake boot from the console

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15. Pull ebrake up and over the end and pull it free

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16. Push tab in and pull end cap off

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  1. Fit the plastic trim from stock boot onto new boot

  2. Install new boot into console by first interesting the end under the metal tab and working it into

    place to the back until it clicks in for each corner. Take pliers and bend the tab over the end to hold the boot.

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19. Slip the console back into place and work boot over the ebrake, leave about 2mm of leather over the end and slide the end cap back in to make a nice seamless finish

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20. Install everything in reverse order.

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