I had the same problem and carefully bent it with my bare hands. It was only
bent about 1/2" and the internal bracing wasn't bent. It didn't take much
force to bend it.
When bending it, be careful not to distort the hinges or the bracing to which
they are fastened, though.
Good luck!
Paul Hammarstedt
'71B
Steve Murphy wrote:
>
> Is it warped due to someone trying to close it with the prop rod locked in
> place? If so, it'd bent in the middle along the LH side. I was able to
> straighten mine by placing the spare tire horizontally along the LH bottom
> of the lid so that the tire lay horizontal across the bottom of the opening.
> Then I closed the lid onto the tire and carefully and slowly applied
> pressure (pushing downward) to the high point of the lid until the lid was
> back into shape. It was bent a good 1" before, now it sits nearly perfectly
> in position. I think I was fortunate in that the internal bracing of my lid
> wasn't kinked... I've seen a few others where this was the case, and I don't
> think this technique would work in that instance.
>
> Good luck!
> Steve Murphy
> 77 MGB
> -----Original Message-----
> From: herb lundin <hlundin@islc.net>
> To: mg mailing list <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Date: Friday, March 03, 2000 7:49 PM
> Subject: Warped trunk lid
>
> >I just bought a 1980 MGB and the DPO apparently warpeds the trunk lid. How
> >can I straighten it out ?
> >Herb
> >1980 MGB
> >
> >
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