Chris,
I'm not familiar with the doors on a '66, but removing the doors on my 78B
was a snap. If you don't have it, get Porters DIY Restoration book. It
shows the process in detail. Putting things back together is as easy as
taking them apart. My hands are fairly big--makes no difference.
To remove the door from the hinges, remove the hinges from the door. DO
NOT attempt to remove the hinges from the frame. Apply Liquid Wrench the
day before attempting and have an impact driver at the ready. Since the
doors are full of mud, make sure you have some blocks of wood supporting
the weight of the door before loosening the hinges.
With hardware, etc., removed, the doors are easily carried by one person.
Depends on how heavy the mud is, of course.
Good Luck!
Scott McKorkle
1978 MGB
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> From: Chris Rogers <TravelMW@ix.netcom.com>
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Saving a '66 B
> Date: Monday, November 16, 1998 8:35 AM
>
> Well, a couple of weeks ago I posted that I needed a '66B hauled from
> Kansas City to Des Moines, IA. Thanks to Larry Dickstein, it has been in
> my garage a little over a week now. No engine, just a rolling chassis.
> The car had been through a flood, and after a couple of weekends of
> honeydo chores, I was able to literally dig into it last evening. Larry,
> my son and I figure you hauled about 400 pounds of mud along with the
> car. The good news, the rockers are solid...The bad news, the floors are
> shot. That said, the doors are also solid, but full of mud as well. I
> have to get them cleaned out before the onset of winter. I am
> considering removing the doors and taking them down to the local self
> serve carwash and blowing the mud out of them that way. Any thoughts? At
> which point should I remove the doors, from the hinge point within the
> doors or just unbolt hinge and all from the pillar? What about removing
> all of the internal hardware and glass? To my big hands, reinstalling
> all of this looks intimidating. It's crunch time, as the cold weather is
> around the corner and I want to head off any rust on the good components
> that I can save. Thanks in advance.
>
> Chris Rogers
> '64 and most of a '66 B
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