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Le rear bumper kit #1
oldtee John Lewis Centreville, MD, USA	Posted: March 02, 2012 11:41AM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 91

One peek equals two finesses in bridge maybe with MG's too. I bought a bumper kit from Moss and it arrived today, great shipping, but I can't figure out how it should go together. Somebody please post a picture of the rear bumper from the top showing what goes where. The bolts don't go thru holes as one would expect and I'm wondering if reaming is required. I am trying to put the bolt thru the curly bracket and even if I did the bolt doesn't fit the shims and I don't understand where shims go.

Currently waiting for a call back from Moss technical support. I hope Peggy knows ........

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Bob Agar Robert Agar Green Valley, AZ, USA 1953 MG TD "Myrtle Anne" 1957 MG MGA 1500 Coupe "Miss Scarlett" ~ For Sale ! ~ 1974 MG MGB "The Mistress"	Posted: March 03, 2012 11:14AM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 1,998

Will this help?

1974.5 MBG Tourer with Weber 32/36 mod and AC.
1957 MGA 1500 Coupe - Stock and original except paint
1953 MG TD - Original car with no mods

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Bob Agar Robert Agar Green Valley, AZ, USA 1953 MG TD "Myrtle Anne" 1957 MG MGA 1500 Coupe "Miss Scarlett" ~ For Sale ! ~ 1974 MG MGB "The Mistress"	Posted: March 03, 2012 11:15AM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 1,998

A couple more. Let me know if you want something else.

1974.5 MBG Tourer with Weber 32/36 mod and AC.
1957 MGA 1500 Coupe - Stock and original except paint
1953 MG TD - Original car with no mods

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Bob Agar Robert Agar Green Valley, AZ, USA 1953 MG TD "Myrtle Anne" 1957 MG MGA 1500 Coupe "Miss Scarlett" ~ For Sale ! ~ 1974 MG MGB "The Mistress"	Posted: March 03, 2012 11:40AM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 1,998

and as close as I can get with this camera and no macro lens.

1974.5 MBG Tourer with Weber 32/36 mod and AC.
1957 MGA 1500 Coupe - Stock and original except paint
1953 MG TD - Original car with no mods

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Re: Le rear bumper kit #5
Bob Agar Robert Agar Green Valley, AZ, USA 1953 MG TD "Myrtle Anne" 1957 MG MGA 1500 Coupe "Miss Scarlett" ~ For Sale ! ~ 1974 MG MGB "The Mistress"	Posted: March 03, 2012 11:42AM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 1,998

The "extra" piece between bracket and shims is the luggage rack.

1974.5 MBG Tourer with Weber 32/36 mod and AC.
1957 MGA 1500 Coupe - Stock and original except paint
1953 MG TD - Original car with no mods

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LaVerne LaVerne Downey Colorado, USA 1952 MG TD "Black Bitch" 1954 MG TF "Green Hornet" 1969 MG MGB	Posted: March 03, 2012 01:46PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 4,334

I'm just guessing here, but I think you mean the packing piece that fits between the bumper and the mounting brackets. It goes between the two when you mount the bracket to the bumper. It maintains the shape of the bumper that would otherwise collapse when you tighten up the the bolt. You can just barely see the edge of it in Robert's 3rd picture down on the outside bolt.

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Re: Le rear bumper kit #7
oldtee John Lewis Centreville, MD, USA	Posted: March 03, 2012 10:05PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 91

Got it done today. Thanks for your response.

Moss Technical Support helped. Bottom line the paint on the curly brace obstructed the bolt. A little gentle persuasion and the bolts popped into place. It is a good kit, but it came sans two nuts which I got locally and to be fair they could have been lost in the packing material.

Done....

Thanks

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