 | a full parts list of all the elements that make up the hood courtesy
of
Dieter.
|
| Hood removal and refitting
 | DotComoff shows you how to remove the hood
here. |
| Iain Ross shows you how to remove and refit the hood
here. |
| Iain also gives a step by step account
here of how to remove the hood frame. |
| The MGF FAQ web site has
this article on hood removal
|
|
| Hood and window seals
| Tony Thompson gives instructions
here for fitting new A frame seals
|
|
| Hood lock up
you pull your hood back but it locks and will not go any
further back, here are the fixes...........
| the easy cheap cure - as you pull the hood back, pull the second
(from the front) hood frame rail back as your pulling the hood. Tony
Thompson's site explains the method with pictures better
here. Have a read of
this from the DotComoff site as well. |
| another cure is to fit two elasticated straps to the hood frame.
These were fitted as part of a recall by MG to certain VIN numbered
TF's to prevent the hood pinching, but they also have the effect of
curing hood lockup. The VIN numbers are VIN RD600155 to RD608010, and
the part number for the straps is DJE000010. Dieter's site covers the
recall
here.
Tim Jenner also covers the recall
here. From the MG-Rover.org forum,
here is a picture posted by Stafainn. |
| David "Stafainn" Clelland who runs the CSMGF web site, also sells
the straps for a
very reasonable price on Ebay. |
| the not so easy but cheap cure - DIY straps !!, Psychonaut from
the MG-Rover.org forum made his own, and explained
here. |
| 'hepburn' on the MG-Rover.org forum gave
this great tip in a thread.
|
|
| Rattles
| Have a look at
this article on Greg Hilton's MGF FAQ web site.
|
|
| Hood rear screen replacement
| Rob Bell's 14 stage explanation
here. |
| Dieter gives more information
here. |
| Tony Thompson also has a section on replacement of the rear screen
here. |
| Iain Ross's hood replacement section also covers the rear screen
here. |
| Iain has done another page covering just the rear screen
replacement,
it
can be found here. |
| Sonia the "Window Women" backed up
Iain's page above with
this textual explanation of rear window replacement on the
MG-Rover.org forum.
|
|
| Hood rear screen protection and
cleaning
| This great little tip from Broon - "To save buying a hood
protector (or if you park in a place where it will get nicked), I
place a piece of cling film over the rear window in the winter. In the
morning when its all frosted up, peel of the film and you have a nice
frost free window. Takes literally seconds." |
| Dieter has
this
page on cleaning the rear plastic screen. |
|
This article from the MGF FAQ web site also gives cleaning tips.
|
|
| Hard top
| Tony Thompson shows how to replace the hard top rear catches
here. |
| Again on Tony's site, he shows how to fix the hard top storage
brackets
here.
|
|
| Tonneau cover
| The MG FAQ web site has
this article on fitting the tonneau cover. |
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