@David4883

Yes, the carpet has a really stiff backing, but it CAN be done without removing the seats. You DO need to remove the side kick-panel to the right.

review the steps in this Topic starting with Post 44.

Annoying because even after pulling the carpet out of the way, it wants to spring back. Some duct tape will help hold it out of the way while you work. <---"Duct Tape fixes everything"!

 

I was finally able to get back to this problem.
........and the car is ALIVE again!!
Thanks to everyone for the assistance.

 

That's good news. Just to wrap this up - How did you get the car alive again? Why was there no power at all?

 

To take the secondary batter out you have to disconnect two red power lines that connect to the top of the cradle/bracket that the battery resides in. I did not know you had to connect those two together to allow power to the rest of the vehicle.
Once I was able to open the trunk and put everything (including the 0 voltage secondary battery) back together, the car powered up.

 

Thank you my friend, I just downloaded the repair manual and will try to apply 12v to the pin that sends energy to the trunk and try to open it. Really helpful!