[AT] OT--Where's reverse on an MGB??

[Thomas O. Mehrkam]

Remember it is a British car!

As I remember you have to find the bonnet release. It is way up under 
the dash in the middle. You have to feel for it because you will never 
see it.

Release the bonnet. Unbolt the engine and reverse it. Close the bonnet.

Remove the rear seat and find the battery. Reverse the cables.

Sit in the drivers seat backwards and drive it in the direction you are 
looking. It is a little hard to steer but with a little practice you 
will get the hang of it.

After you are through backing up just reverse the process.

Simple anybody can do it. :-}

charlie hill wrote:
> All I remember about MG's is the Midget that belonged to a girl I dated 
> way back when.  It had just enough room in it for the two of us and a 
> six pack cooler.  LOL
> 
> Charlie
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>> Wow, it has been some 40 years since I last drove one of those, but it 
>> seems to me that it was hard to right and back. (or maybe it was hard 
>> right and forward?)
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> John Wilkens wrote:
>>
>>> Need to move my daughter's little old "stored" MGB car to make room 
>>> for cistern construction and I cannot for the life of me figure how 
>>> to get it into reverse gear.  Anyone had any experience with one of 
>>> there English cars?  I've tried pulling up and pushing down on the 
>>> shift lever and looking for a spring loaded detent to no avail.  Sad 
>>> thing is I drove it several years ago but can't remember now where 
>>> reverse is!     John W.
>>>
>>>                    In the wide-open spaces of NE Oregon
>>>
>>
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