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THE
BODY
The application must be
evenly
distributed right round
the glass.
To
ensure this the outside
lip should
be firmly
pressed down with
the
fingers
o
r
a wooden roller to
spread the sealing compound under the rubber seaL
Section
8.15
REMOVING A DOOR
LOCK
OR
WINDOW
REGULATOR (COUPt)
Extract the three securing screws and remove the top
fuUsher pane. Remove the three retaining screws from
the door-pull
and
plate.
Push the
inner escutcheons
clear
of
the
shanks
of the
door
lock handle and the window regulator handle and
push
out
the exposed retaining pins
to
release the handles.
Remove
the
eight recessed-beaded screws securing
the
trim panel to the door. Remove
the
door aperture
sealing material
Extract the two recessed-beaded screws securing the
window channel top brackets. one either side, to the top
of the
door.
Lift the
felt
from the bottom of the channel
and
remove
the screws from the bottom
brackets.
With
the glass fully raised, remove the self-locking
nut
and tension
spring
from the ventilator window through
the aperture
in the door. Lift out the ventilator window.
Unscrew the two
barrel nuts
securing the window
frame
to the door.
Withdraw
t
he three screws securing the
waist
rail
finisher
to the outside
o
f the
door and prise
the
finisher
up
and out away from the door.
Extract the screw
securing
the wooden
glass
stop to
the top rear inner face of
the
door. Raise the glass and
withdraw the
quadrant arm
from the window
lift channel
and remove the
glass.
Lift out the window frame assembly.
To
rttDOTe
the
door
lod<
Take
out
the three
screws securing
the remote control
to
the
door
and
the four
screws
in the
shut
face
of
the
door securing the
lock.
The lock, remote control, and
remote control link can then be withdrawn from the
door.
To remon
the
...-injow
regulator
Extract the
six
screws securing the
regulator
to the
inner
door panel and lift
out
the regulator.
S.
IO
Reassembly
is
a
reversal
of the dismantling procedure.
Replace
the
piece
of sealing
material
with rubber
cement.
Section 8.16
REMOVING 1HE HEAD LINER (COUPt)
Unscrew the seven screws
at
each side securing
the
R.H
. and
L.H
.
side
fillets and the live
screws
securing the
front fillet and remove the fillets.
Remove
the
rear light as detailed in Section S.l4.
Carefully ease the bead
liner
away from the roof above
the
windshield,
rear light, and above
the
doors
;
the bead
liner
is
attached
to the
roof
with
rubber cemenL
Extract
the
two screws from each side of the three
bead liner
lists
and remove the bead liner
with lists.
Reassembly is a reversal of the
dismantling
procedure.
When
resticking the liner to the roof
work
from
the
rear
to
the
front and from the centre to the sides.
Section 8.17
MODlFIED WHEEL
ARCHES
Later models of both the
Tourer
and
the
Coupe
are
fitted with louvred detachable panels in the front
wheel
arches.
The mo4i.lication is
introduced
primarily to
assist
in
cooling and secondly to give
access
to the
retaining
bolt
on the oil filter.
This
modification cannot be
incorporated
on earlier
models.
Section 8.18
MODIFIED BODIES
Commencing at Chassis
Nos. 2193
(Standard)
and
2292
(Coupe), modified
bodies incorporating tail lamp
plinths and front flashing
indicator
lamp mountings have
been introduced to provide
for
the fitting of separate
front and rear amber
flashing
direction
indicators.
Provision
is also
made for the
fitting
of sliding
side
screens to the
standard body.
Additional body space has been
made
available in
Coupe models by re-positioning the spare wheel mounting
in the boot and
reducing the size
of
the
parcel
shelf.
MGA
(Twin
Qun).
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