How to reattach rear floor board (over HV batts)?

On the weekend I made the mistake of putting a bag with two bottles of red wine in the trunk, where I thought they wouldn't roll. I was wrong - they did, and the neck broke off one. The main puddle was on the rear floor board over top of the HV battery area. I was able to remove the floor board for cleaning, but am unsure of how to clip it back in.

Three white clips remain in the metal cover over the batteries. These are supposed to fit into U-shaped slots on the bottom of the plastic floor board, but one U is in the opposite direction of the others, so I can't just slide the board onto the clips, and I don't think it is meant to be pressed down on top of them.

I think I need to pull out the clips, put them into the right U's (marked with red marker from original assembly) and then press the board down. But I haven't been able to get the white clips out of the metal, even when pressing the center and trying to pull up the outside edges.

Any suggestions?

Also, the carpet lifted a bit off the plastic in one corner. It seems the factory used a red glue. Any suggestion for an adhesive to re-glue that corner of the carpet?

(If you're not sure of the area I'm talking about, see step 9 on page 20 of this document: http://techinfo.lexus.com/public/main/priusdisman.pdf)

Yes, I had been thinking of getting a cargo mat before, and am thinking even more about that now!

The upholstery absorbed most of the wine that escaped, though some found it's way down to the spare tire well. So got the spare out for the first time, and inflated it from 40 to 60psi.

 

Thanks DanMan32!

Sorry, the parenthesis should not have been in the link. Fixed now in original post.

Yes, that's the part, floor board #1, and we were both right - the clips need to be pulled out and put in the floor board before pressing the floor board down on the metal HV battery pack cover.

I tried getting out the clips, but was worried I would break them. Around the time you posted I visited a mechanic friend who snapped the 3 white clips out with a tool like a nail puller: a handle with a bent V at the end. A bit of a push to get the clips into the U's on the bottom of the floor board, then very easy to snap it down onto battery cover.

He suggested any glue ought to work for re-gluing the corner of the carpet to the plastic floor board. I tried some 3M Super 77 Spray Adhesive we had on hand, and it has worked, even though I think a lot just soaked up into the carpet.

Does the service manual suggest a glue for attaching the carpet?

FYI, for the wine we used soda water blotted up by paper towel. About 2L (a very little at a time) and a roll. I also used a steam cleaner shop vac attachment on the floor board pieces. There is no stain or smell left.