Hard top - backlight
- Make
- MG
- Model
- TF Factory Workshop Manual
- Year
- 2002–2005
- Section
- Hood › Hard top - backlight
BodyHard top - backlight
HARD TOP - BACKLIGHT
Service repair no - 76.61.40
Remove
- Remove hard top. See this section.
- Invert hard top on a soft covered work surface.
- Disconnect 2 Lucar terminals and remove heated screen harness.
WARNING: Gloves and suitable eye protection must be worn when removing glass.
- Working from inside hard top and commencing from lower LH corner, release sealing rubber. Remove glass and seal.
CAUTION: Use assistance to support glass as it is removed.
- Remove and discard rubber seal.
Refit
- Clean hard top aperture and edge of glass.
- Apply rubber lubricant to seal channels.
- Fit sealing rubber to glass.
WARNING: Gloves and suitable eye protection must be worn when fitting glass.
- Insert a suitable length of cord in hard top aperture channel of sealing rubber.
- Using assistance, push glass against hard top aperture whilst using cord to pull lip of seal over aperture flange.
- Clean all traces of rubber lubricant from glass and hard top using white spirit.
- Fit heated screen harness and connect Lucar terminals.
- Fit hard top. See this section.
- Press firmly around outside edges of glass to ensure that seal is fully seated.
Parts & tools for this job For 2002 MG TF
- TOOLTrim removal tool kitSearch: trim removal tool kit
- PARTTouch-up paintSearch: MG touch up paint
- PARTPanel clip assortmentSearch: MG panel clips assortment
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