MGB 1973 MGB help Please

[tony barnhill]

Said I was not authorized to look at that page.

 

[53caddy]

it is from the morespeedperoformance, it is the guy who owns that. he took off the dashboard and fendes to get it redone. and i was wondering what i have been doing wrong to try to get the fenders atleast off

 

[tony barnhill]

Fenders are pretty straight forward - bolts down the hood line & inside the grille area, couple up underneath at bottom edge, about 5 or 6 behind the kick panel inside the car....but, you have to release the front air dam before the fender comes off....& getting to a couple of them up behind the dash is tricky.....

See if you can get with somebody in the Chattanooga area who has one apart - or drive over to Gurley, AL & ook at a couple in my MG Graveyard....once you see them, it'll be pretty clear.

 

[53caddy]

wheres gurley,AL at. I might do that if it isnt to far.

 

[tony barnhill]

45 minutes to an hour from Chattanooga - do a Mapquest for Scottsboro, AL or Huntsville, AL - halfway between them...

 

[53caddy]

i mapquested it and said 2:30hr. i would come up their if their is any parts i need {wink}{wink}. u got any that i need, my birthday is soon.

 

[tony barnhill]

Do I have parts? hehehehehe - some of you guys can answer grasshopper's question.

 

[53caddy]

i can guess the answer to that right now. YES

 

[mgb4tim]

the URL is https://www.tgnagy.com/mgb/progressPages/200509.CFM

The fenders were easy, once I took every other part off the car... LOL.

Had it blasted and epoxy primered. It's back on the spit and waiting for me to fix its battery box then POR-15 or Hercuiliner the underside.

 

[53caddy]

So the key to success is to take every part off the car.

 

[mgb4tim]

nah, just the splash guards, grill, front valance, & interior kick panels. I'm not patient enough to try without removing the dash, but many are. I think there are three bolts on each side under there... yuck!

 

[tony barnhill]

Don't worry about removing the splash guards - they're not attached to the fender.

 

[Peter_Rogers]

Get a copy of Haynes Restoration Manual by Lindsay Porter. Its a great help and if you are ambitious the factory manual
Good luck.

 

[mgb4tim]

Aren't the bolts behind the splash guards? It's been a few years since I took mine off. OH, they must be captive nuts in teh fender.

 

[tony barnhill]

Yep, you reach all the interior bolts from either inside under the kick panel or the corner of the dash.

 

[53caddy]

Ok i got you but, i do rember 2 bolts behind the splash guard which i know i have taken out. because they were a pain to get out.

 

[tony barnhill]

Nope, no bolts behind the splash guard! Not for the fender....only thing in there are the 2 center bolts that hold the door hinges to the body.

 

[53caddy]

Ok well that means the door hinges will be comming out.

 

[mgb4tim]

No the hinges don't need to come out. The bolts behind the kick panel go into a piece that comes off the inside of the right fender with captive nuts.

Look at the right side of this pic https://www.tgnagy.com/mgb/images/200604/DSC00957.jpg

 

[kennypinkerton]

The door hinges stay mounted to the a-pillars which are part of the unibody.