R
TIlE
BODY
The
hood may be cleaned when required with
water
and a brush:""-such as a clothes-brush.
No
soaps of any
sort
should be used.
The
hood must subsequently be well washed
with
clean
water
and left
erected
until
quite
dry.
Section
B.3
CLEANING UPHOLSTERY
The
upholstery of
the
M.G.
Midget"
TD"
may be
cleaned by wiping it with a damp cloth and polishing
it with a clean soft cloth when It Is
dry.
In cases of badly soiled upholstery it may be cleaned
by
the
addltlonal use of a little pure soap.
but
caustl c
soaps must on no account be used.
Section
B.4
LUBRICATION
An ollcan filled with oil
to
Ref. F (page P.2) should
be used spari ngly on
the
door
hinges,
door
stop
hinge,
bonnet
hinge.
bonnet
locks and
door
locks every
1,000 miles (1600 km.).
Coat
the
door
lock slam plates lightly with grease
to
Ref. D (page P.2) at
the
same
time.
Section
B.5
THE FRONT WINGS
(REMOVAL
AND
REPLACEMENT)
Disconnect
the
battery. Remove
the
headlamp and
sldelamp fronts and disconnect and
withdraw
the
cables
through
the
wing clips and valance.
Remove
the
nuts. bolts and sp ring washers attachIng
the
headlamp
tie-rod
bracket
to
the
radiator
case, and
the
nuts, locknuts and flat washers secu ring
the
head-
lamp
tie-rod
bracket
to
the
Wing.
Remove
the
two
bolts and spring washers securing
the
sidelamp and sidelamp.cable clip
to
the
wing.
Withdraw
the
two
Phillips screws and flat washers
securing each side of
the
front
valance
to
the
wings
and
the
bolt
securing
the
leading edge of
the
valance
below each
bumper
attachment
bolt.
Remove
the
two
nuts, bolts. and spring and flat
washers forward of
the
suspension unit and
the
four
bolts with spring and flat washers
to
the
rear
of it,
which
secure
the
wing
to
the
chassis frame.
Extract
the
two
Phillips screws securing
the
wing
to
the
body and
the
th
ree nuts, bolts. and spri ng and fIat
R.2
washers securing
the
wing
to
the
running-board and
11ft
the
wing clear of
the
car.
Replacement is carried
out
in
the
reverse
order
to
that
detailed for removal.
Section
&6
THE
REAR
WINGS
(REMOVAL
AND
REPLACEMENT)
Remove
the
nuts, screws and flat washers on early
models and Phillips screws and flat and spring washers
on
later
models, securing
the
tail- and stop-lamp
to
the
wing. and disconnect
the
cables, noting
the
respective location of each
to
ensure
correct
opera-
tion of
the
stop-lamp on reassembly.
Remove
the
nut,
bolt
and
two
washers securing
the
wing
to
the
chassis frame and
the
five bolts
with
flat
washers securing
the
wing
to
the
body.
Remove
the
nut, bolt, flat washers and
rubber
packing securing
the
wing
to
the
running-board and
lift off
the
wing.
Replacement is carried
out
in
the
reverse
order
to
that
detailed
for
removal.
Seetion
R.7
THE
RUNNING~BOARDS
(REMOVAL
AND
REPLACEMENT)
Remove
the
three
nuts. bolts. and spring and flat
washers securing
the
running-board
to
the
front
wing.
Remove
the
nut, bolt, flat washers and
rubber
packing securing
the
running-board
to
the
rear wing.
Remove
the
three
bolts and flat washers securing
the
running-board
to
the
body and lift
the
running-
board clear of
the
car.
Replacement Is carried
out
In
the
reverse
order
to
that
detailed
for
removal.
Section
R.8
THE BODY
(REMOVAL
AND
REPLACEMENT)
Extract
the
two
round-headed screws securing
the
rear
bonnet
support
to
the
dash and lift
the
bonnet
clear of
the
car.
Disconnect
the
positive and negative leads from
the
battery.
Release
the
battery
clamps and
11ft
the
battery
from
the
battery
box.
Remove
the
front
wings as detailed in Section R.5.
Remove
the
ru nning-boa rds asdetailed in Section R.7.
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