Kevin:
I know I can always depend on this list and its members for great advice. I
followed through as you directed. With the heat applied, the nuts came off very
easily, however, the only trouble I ran into was the mis-coloured and peeling
chrome! Unfortunately I deleted your reply. Did I perhaps miss some important
little tidbit towards the end of your message? How did you manage to polish out
the discoloration and re-attach the peeled chrome? The valance was quite a
different matter. I had alot of trouble breaking it free. Why did that have to
come off in the first place? Perhaps a question I should have asked before I
demolished the rear end! Appreciate a reply ASAP, as my SO Theresa, is really
PO'ed thinking of course, that I have done something terribly wrong (go figure).
Just kidding! Was that cod tongue and cheeks? Applied a little "Break Away"
the night before and all went smoothly the next day. One side had an additional
rubber washer that wasn't apparent in the catalogs. I called Moss "tech" and
was assured that it was likely a DPO addition. Thanks to all for their advice
on this.
"Dodd, Kelvin" wrote:
> Eric:
> I can answer this one from personal experience. Yesterday I removed
> the bumpers from my 58 MGA. First I took a cutting torch and flamed off all
> the bolt heads on the outside of the bumpers. Then I took the torch and cut
> through the over-rider mounting bolts on the front bumper. The bumpers
> could then be prised from the bumper irons. Removal of the front bumper
> irons was complicated because the frame supports were pointing in strange
> directions. A hammer solved that problem. Storage of the rear bumper was
> made easier by using the torch to cut it in half. Once the bumper was off,
> the valence was removed by snapping the heads off all the little bolts.
> Some prying was necessary. The valence was folded for storage, some jumping
> up and down allowed it to fit tidily in the same receptacle as the bumpers.
>
> <snip>
> Kelvin.
> *****************
Regards, Eric Stephen
1960 MGA Roadster (NAMGAR# 574)
Ottawa, Canada
Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/7189
Ottawa MG Club: http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/7189/omgc.html
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