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1. '79 grille removal (score: 1): Author: "Howard Battan" <battanhr@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 14:00:53 -0700; Tell me - is there any way to remove the grille from a '79 MGB tourer without removing the bumper? I need to: 1) clean up the wiring connectors And 2) install an oil cooler. Thanks Howard Battan '57; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00039.html (7,332 bytes)
2. Re: '79 grille removal (score: 1): Author: Paul Root <ptroot@iaces.com>; Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 16:38:38 -0500; Aren't the bolts right on top? Doesn't the oil cooler mount underneith on a late car?; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00041.html (7,685 bytes)
3. RE: '79 grille removal (score: 1): Author: "Howard Battan" <battanhr@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 14:44:29 -0700; Paul, as far as I can tell, the grille is too wide to just come up and out. Yes, the screws are all accessible, but the bumper mounts are in the way in front, and the body sheet metal is in the way i; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00042.html (8,402 bytes)
4. RE: '79 grille removal (score: 1): Author: "Howard Battan" <battanhr@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 14:46:08 -0700; Oh, and yes the oil cooler mounts underneath, but I can't get to the mounting bolts and hose connections with the grille in place. Howard --Original Message-- From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:o; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00043.html (7,943 bytes)
5. RE: '79 grille removal (score: 1): Author: "Howard Battan" <battanhr@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 17:51:03 -0700; Thanks. I'll give it another shot. I had all the screws removed, but still couldn't get it out. That's been about 2 months ago, so maybe it will work now :^) _____ Howard, Just removed the grill out; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00051.html (8,327 bytes)
6. RE: '79 grille removal (score: 1): Author: "Steve Shoyer" <Steve@shoyer.com>; Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 00:04:59 -0400; If your car is like mine, there are screws at the top and the bottom of the grille holding it in place. The lower screws should be near the bumper mounts. A magnetic screwdriver helped to get them in; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00054.html (8,158 bytes)
7. Re: '79 grille removal (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 11:38:32 +0100; With all screws removed you may have to push the grill back a little, then tilt the top forward to clear the body, then lift it out. Mine won't lift straight up or pull straight forward without fouli; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00055.html (8,334 bytes)
8. RE: '79 grille removal (score: 1): Author: "Howard Battan" <battanhr@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 13:31:13 -0700; Thanks to all for the help, but mine _still_ won't come out. I can get one end or the other to clear the body, but not both at the same time. I've twisted, pushed and pulled every way I can, but it w; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00071.html (8,695 bytes)
9. RE: '79 grille removal (score: 1): Author: "Howard Battan" <battanhr@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 15:19:54 -0700; I just got the car a couple of months ago, and my brother had it for about 8 years before that. No front end collisions in that time, but who knows what happened before that. There are no obvious sig; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00075.html (8,762 bytes)
10. Re: '79 grille removal (score: 1): Author: Mowog1@aol.com; Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 18:33:52 EDT; Actually, it's not that difficult to remove the bumper assembly. Don't forget to disconnect the parking lamp assemblies...and there *should* be a bolt along each side of the bumper in addition to the; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00076.html (8,110 bytes)
11. Re: '79 grille removal (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 19:13:00 +0100; Mine is about 1/4" one side and a bit more the other between the bumper and the very front of the wings. The drain channels should stop about 1" short of that, and this *should* be enough for you to; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00096.html (8,819 bytes)
12. RE: '79 grille removal (score: 1): Author: "Howard Battan" <battanhr@comcast.net>; Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 13:04:35 -0700; Thanks for the measurements, Paul. Mine is only slightly closer, maybe, but the real issue is the 'support bar' along the top of the bumper. At the point where it curves back toward the body - at the; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00100.html (9,523 bytes)
13. Re: '79 grille removal (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 18:51:47 +0100; "an inch and a half too narrow"? Is that *in front* of the end of the drain channels? If so either your grill is much wider than mine or your wings much closer. The support bar should be recessed int; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00116.html (8,259 bytes)
14. RE: '79 grille removal (score: 1): Author: "Howard Battan" <battanhr@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 11:12:03 -0700; Paul, I replied to you personally with a picture of the place where the interference takes place. Your idea of just loosening the bumper bolt is a good one. I'll try that next time I need to remove t; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00120.html (8,562 bytes)
15. Re: '79 grille removal (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 14:27:27 +0100; Hi Howard - thanks for the pic. I'm beginning to think you have an incorrect grille if it is fouling the bumper reinforcing bar both sides at the same time. My grill is only about 3/8" too wide to be; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00131.html (8,354 bytes)
16. RE: '79 grille removal (score: 1): Author: "Howard Battan" <battanhr@comcast.net>; Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 07:23:42 -0700; Thanks again, Paul. The pictures help a lot. I think you may be correct. For whatever reason, either the grille is too wide or the distance between the ends of the support bar is too narrow for the g; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00135.html (8,803 bytes)

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