MG MGB TOURER GHN5 Handbook page 93

Fitting. Assemble the frame and mount it in the support sockets with the highest
stick to the front, then pull the front stick forward (Fig. 4). Unfold the hood
and lay it over the frame. Engage the rear edge of the hood with the slotted
anchor plates on the tonneau panel.
Engage the hood quarter-light clips in their retaining sockets on the body side
panels and secure the four fasteners o n each rear quarter panel. Pull the hood
header rail forward and engage the toggle fastener tongues in their sockets on
the windscreen frame. Check that the rubber sealing strip is correctly positioned
forward of the windscreen frame, then fasten the toggle catches.
Move the rear stick back, and press down the connecting links. Secure the hood
with the press-stud fasteners o n the windscreen pillars and hood frame.
Optional hood Lowering the hood. Release the press-stud fasteners from the windscreen pillars.
hood frame, and hood hinge plates (Fig. 5). Release the windscreen frame
toggle catches (inset, Fig. 5).
Release the four fasteners from each rear quarter panel, pull the hood slightly
forward to disengage the clips from the sockets o n the body side panels.
Move the seats forward, release the operating lever, and incline the squabs to-
wards the front of the car.
From inside the car, pull the header rail back sufficiently to allow the hood rear
rail to be disengaged from the slotted anchor plates on the tonneau panel (see
Fig. 6).
Fold the quarter-lights onto the back-light, ensuring that the f d d s are formed
in the hood material, then continue the folds along the hood forward to the
header rail (Fig. 7).
Push the hinge link inwards and at the same time pull the front frame stick
rearwards, then pull the header rail towards the rear keeping the hood material
clear of the frame. As the frame is collapsed into the rear cockpit allow the
back-light and hood material to pass down onto the rear seat.
Roll tip the back-light and quarter-lights, folding the hood material to protect it.
Secure the hood with the straps attached to the rear cockpit panel and fit the
hood cover.
Fig.
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Fig. 6