BODY
(xii)
Remove carburettors
after
&S-
connecting control linkage.
(xiii)
Remove cables from dynamo and
starter motor.
(xiv)
Disconnect brake hydraulic union.
(m)
Loosen steering column draught
excluder clip.
(c)
Working inside the
car.
(i) Remove the seat cushions followed
by the seat
frames.
(ii)
Remove the carpets.
(iii)
Disconnect the electrical control
wires for the overdrive
(if
one is
fitted).
(iv) Free the gear lever grommet and
push the
rim
through the tunnel
aperture.
(v) Remove the gearbox tunnel after
withdrawing battery box
drain
pipe.
(vi)
Remove speedometer drive.
(vii)
Remove control head and steering
wheel.
(viii)
Loosen steering column bracing.
(is)
Remove brake handle grip and
4.
protect thread with tape to prevent
damage when body is lifted.
(d) Working at the front of the
car.
(i)
Remove front cowling. (See page
C
\
J.)
Remove front bumpers.
Remove steering column. (See
cc
Steering
"
Section
G.)
(e)
Working at the rear of the
car.
5.
Remove o v er
-
r i d er s complete with
brackets.
(f)
Ensuring that the hand brake is on,
the body
can
be lifted when the secur-
ing bolts or screws as shown in Fig.
1
have been withdrawn.
3.
TO
FIT
BODY
The
fitting
of the body is the reversal of
the removal but the following points should
be noted.
(a) New packing pieces
as
detailed
in
cc
Body Mounting Points
"
(page
1)
should be used and positioned on the
chassis frame as shown in Fig.
l,
a
smear of" Bostick
"
C
or similar com-
pound to adhere packings to chassis
will
assist this operation.
(b)
The thread of the handbrake lever
should be protected with
tape
and
the lever placed in the "On" position.
(c)
It
may be considered desirable to feed
guide pins through the extreme front
and rear mounting points of the
body
before lowering
it
to the chassis.
Attachment bolts and screws are
shown
in
Fig.
1.
(d)
It
is essential that sufficient sealing
compound
is
used to effect a
100
%
seal
at the gearbox
tunnel
and floor
inside the car.
(e)
Care must be taken to connect the
overdrive electric cable correctly as
damage
will
result
if
this instruction
is not followed.
(f)
Both clutch and brake hydraulic
systems must
be
bled at the completion
of body replacement.
(g)
The
twin
carburettors
will
need
tuning
before the
car
can
be used.
BAlTERY BOX
DRAIN
(Fig.
2)
A battery box
drain
tube
has now
been
incorporated in normal manufacture and
was introduced at Commission No. TS
3288.
Retros ective action
can
be taken on
illustration.
iF
earlier
cars
so
desired
as shown in the
TO REMOVE
AND
DISMANTLE
FRONT
BUMPER.
It is possible to remove the front bumper
from its four support brackets without
first removing the latter from the chassis.
(a) Remove the over-riders by loosening
the two nuts behind the inner support
brackets. The over-riders
can
now
be lifted free of the bolt head and the
four mouldings collected.
(b)
Remove the loosened nut followed by
the lock and plain washer.
It
is
suggested that the bolt remains loose
at this juncture.
(c)
The two outer support bracket nuts
are now removed together with the
lock and plain washers and the boltf
withdrawn.
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