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Yardley
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PostSubject: Rear Seat Inner panel Removal   Rear Seat Inner panel Removal EmptyMon May 29, 2017 4:38 pm

Can anyone tell me how to remove the inner panel that is next to the back seat? I'd like to take it off without snapping every attachment prong.
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PostSubject: Re: Rear Seat Inner panel Removal   Rear Seat Inner panel Removal EmptyMon May 29, 2017 11:55 pm

last year i removed the quarter panel to install a switch inside the rear passenger-side ashtray to control the antenna
on the rare occasions when it needs to be up.

panel removal is straightforward.
mine came out without anything breaking & without reference to Factory Manual.
my dim recall is there may be a screw under the ashtray, but that could be another car...

retainers are old-style: they pull out and push back into round holes.
the gm J 38778 tool to remove retainers looks like this:

Rear Seat Inner panel Removal Gm_trim_removal_tool2


after removing seat and seatBack, follow these directions from the Factory Service Manual:

Rear Seat Inner panel Removal Riv_rear_side_panel
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PostSubject: Re: Rear Seat Inner panel Removal   Rear Seat Inner panel Removal EmptyTue May 30, 2017 8:06 am

Thank you! Wasn't able to find that in the shop manual. Very hard to decipher. I have a plastic tool like that.
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PostSubject: Re: Rear Seat Inner panel Removal   Rear Seat Inner panel Removal EmptyTue May 30, 2017 8:44 am

Yardley wrote:
Thank you! Wasn't able to find that in the shop manual. Very hard to decipher. I have a plastic tool like that.

Is your shop manual a factory service manual? Just wondering, looking for alternatives.
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PostSubject: Re: Rear Seat Inner panel Removal   Rear Seat Inner panel Removal EmptyTue May 30, 2017 11:32 am

albertj wrote:

Yardley wrote:
Thank you! Wasn't able to find that in the shop manual. Very hard to decipher. I have a plastic tool like that.


Is your shop manual a factory service manual?  Just wondering, looking for alternatives.

I have both books of the 96 FSM sitting on my shelf. Shoot me an email at matt270avian@aol.com if you want them
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