[Mgs] B/GT light switch

[Carr&Edwards]

Well, to get back to the original thread [ignoring the detour to 'inadequate 
heater/defroster']:

After more time flat on my  back under the dash [driver's seat having been 
removed], with the help of a very small flashlight and a dental mirror so I 
could see the bottom of the switch, I discovered that the wire clip holds 
only the switch bezel in place (the four lugs on the bezel's sides are 
irrelevant).  The switch itself is pushed into the bezel from the front of 
the dash, and is held in place by two lugs, one on the top and one on the 
bottom of the switch.  It's possible to push the bottom lug upward with a 
small screwdriver just enough to get it started into the bezel opening; then 
the top one can be pushed down with a finger enough to free the switch and 
push it forward and out.

Sarah Carr
'71 B/GT in PA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "PaulHunt73" <paulhunt73 at virginmedia.com>
To: "Carr&Edwards" <scvc70 at epix.net>; "MG list" <mgs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 4:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Mgs] B/GT light switch


> My manual shows two methods of retaining the switch.  One is a wire clip, 
> No.4 in my drawing, but the text items 22 and 23 that refers to tool 18G 
> 1145 and the accompanying drawing Fig Na.1 shows lugs that are part of the 
> switch and it's surround and these have to be depressed using the tool. 
> Sounds like you have the wire retainer in which case the removal tool is 
> irrelevant.  This seems to hook over the ends of the switch, it looks like 
> if you could hook something over the bottom and pull down and back that 
> would come free, then lift off the top, or vice-versa.  I've no experience 
> of the padded dash but the switch is shown adjacent to the lower edge, so 
> relatively accessible compared to some other components.  Maybe a head in 
> the footwell, mirror and torch (flash-light) jobbie.
>
> PaulH.
> 



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