length PONTIAC FIERO 1988 Service Workshop Manual

ROOF - F STYLE 8H-11
1. SCREW
2. HEADER "Ar' PILLAR SEAL
Fig. 12 "A" Pillar Sealer
gently pull while inserting a flat-bladed tool
between seal and seal retainer to break
cement bond.
14. Screws (5)
15. Main pillar seal retainer
16. Detach top cover quarter flaps from rear
rails (5, Fig. 15).
17. Pull side retention cables from top cover
side listing pockets.
18. Raise the top to the windshield header.
Then raise the No. 5 bow to its full vertical
position.
19. Screws (8, Fig. 13)
20. No. 5 bow seal using a suitable release
agent grasp seal and gently pull while
inserting a flat-bladed tool between seal and
seal retainer to break cement bond.
21. Detach top cover form No. 5 bow.
Install or Connect
lnstall or connect 1. Position top cover to framework.
1. No.
1 bow garnish by sliding garnish over latch
2. Insert No. 2 and No. 3 bow top cover retainers
handles into
top cover listing pockets.
2. Screws (1) 3. Insert side retention cables into top cover side
3. Latch
top to windshield header listing pockets.
A length of welding rod can be
used to pull cable through side listing pocket.
4. Raise
NO. 5 bow to full vertical position.
4. Raise top slightly off windshield header and
5. Lower
and latch tonneau panel
attach side retention cables to No. 1 bow with
6. Lower
and latch No. 5 bow to tonneau panel
screw.
TOP COVER ASSEMBLY
Figs. 13 through 16 6. 5.
Align
No. 2 and No. 3 bow top cover retainers to
No. 2 and No. 3 bows and secure with screws.
Remove or Disconnect 7.
1. Release
and raise the No. 5 bow to its full vertical
position.
2. Release and raise the tonneau panel to its full 8,
vertical position.
Lower the No. 5 bow to its original position. 9.
4. Unlatch the top
from the windshield header and
lower the top halfway.
10.
Screws (1, Fig. 14)
No. 1 bow garnish by pulling garnish down over
latch handles.
Screws (2, Fig. 13)
Side rail seal and retainer assemblies
Detach top cover and flaps from No. 1 bow.
Important
To aid in loosening top cover, heat can be
applied with a hot air gun held about 25 mm
(1 ") from top cover and rotated in a circular
motion to avoid overheating.
10. Screws securing side retention cables
1 1. Screws (3)
12. No. 2 and No. 3 bow top cover retainers
form listing pockets.
13. Main pillar seal using a suitable release
agent (Kent Special Release Agent or
equivalent or heat gun), grasp seal and Latch
top to windshield and align top cover
quarter flaps to rear rails.
Apply adhesive such as Hughes HC-4183, 3M
8046 or equivalent to cementing area or rear rails
and to corresponding surface of top cover quarter
flaps.
Position and secure top cover quarter flaps to rear
rails.
Raise No. 5 bow slightly and position top cover
to No. 5 bow.
Aling top cover center notch with No. 5 bow
--. latch pin.
Apply adhesive such as Hughes HC-4183, 3M
8046 or equivalent to cementing area of No. 5
bow and to corresponding surface of top cover.
Attach top cover to No. 5 bow, starting at center
working toward each outboard end.
Trim off all excess top material along No. 5 bow
- seal channel.
14. Apply continuous bead of 3M Super
Weatherstrip Adhesive, Part Number 08008 or
equivalent to the channel of the No. 5 bow.
15. No. 5 bow seal using flat-bladed tool, engage seal
into seal channel.
16. Screws (8)
17. Latch No. 5 bow to tonneau panel.
18. Pull top cover straight forward to seams over No.
1 bow to desired fullness.
19. While maintaining tension on top cover over top
No. 1 bow make pencil mark on cover outer
surface along forward edge of No. 1 bow.