apologies if this has been posted twice:
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>From: Webber, Geoff
>Sent: Saturday, June 06, 1998 11:42 PM
>To: 'MG List'
>Subject: Steering Wheel/Lights-Indicator stalks...
>
>Hi all,
>I have a question related to Kevin's question re:steering wheel removal.
>I have that 69B US spec car (GHN4U...) that has been converted to RHD when it
>came to Australia. Being a US original car, it has the combination
>indicator/hi-lo beam stalk and wiper/OD stalk. Trouble is they are reversed
>for my use i.e. the wipers are still on the right and the indicators are on
>the left. Not a problem, I've actually get it right in the MG (not bad after
>3 weeks ownership I thought) , but when I drive the family wagon Mitsubishi,
>I find I use the wipers on dry glass a lot!!! :-)
>I pulled the cowling off to have a look and it SEEMS that it might be
>possible to loosen the assembly and rotate both stalks 180 degrees so I end
>up with indicators on the right, wipers on the left. Is this right? or is
>there some unseen problem with what I want to do? I must admit I haven't
>tried, I was just looking. The steering wheel nut stared at me for a while
>and said "I'm gonna be tough to get off" so I didn't try anything at the
>time. Any thoughts?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Geoff.
>
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