The advice I got, was after you have fed
the struts through and re wired
the sides.get everything lined up in
the frame,then insert
the front wooden former ,after stapling
the liner onto it and fitting
the two little clips. THESE TWO CLIPS ARE APPARENTLY ESSENTIAL to hold
the liner tight.Slide everything back .Insert
the front wooden former driving
the clips over
the edge of
the front framework. Pull
the wires front and back to tighten things up. It is also essential to fasten
the side wires through
the attachment point
on the door B post.You can see it easily its just
a wire connection.If you don't use this,which I didn't first attempt.
the centre section dosent pull tight. You basically pull
the front wires to tighten
the front half against this B post and
the rear wire
the rear half. Once you have done this fit
the rear end behind
the rearcreen rubber.
On the split screen there are some hook up attachments. Don't know about later models.Now
the trouble is that
the new headliners are an after market stitch up(pun intended)
they are not
the exact same size as
the original,they are longer and so when you get to fitting
the rear to rearscreen.Too much material very baggy. I had measured
the amount of fold over
on the old wooden former and duplicated this onto
the new set up.I had to then take off
the FRONT WOODEN FORMER without damaging
the headliner.More of that later.decided that I would fit
the rear first and move everthing forwards so I could get
the length about right by trial and error
on the amount of material to fold over
the wooded former.Obviously too much and it will not reach
got it right
on the third attempt. Then pull
the wires as before. Its by no means perfect'
a few creases but will let it settle and may have another go later.To get
the front clips off,which I did three times,I was advised to bend
a blunt kitchen knife into hookshape slide it between
the headlining and
the front frame until you locate
the metal clips. You are trying to get
the blade between
the clip and
the car frame so you can pull them out and over.Worked for
the first time when I was taking
the old liner off wanst bothered about damage. Didn't
the second and third time, paranoid about damaging
the new liner, went to bed and then it came to me ,as things tend to if given enough whisky and time.Locate
the edge of
the clip with
the bent knife.Mark
the frame with
a pen, drill
a hole in
the frame right under
the clip insert screwdriver through
the hole push
the clip up and over, hey presto wooden former out with no damage.
The hole is located near where
the sun visor sits so will move it an inch to cover it.Don't know if there is
a better way to do this,or fit
the liner,what we need is someone who used to work for morris who knows
the RIGHT way.If they are still alive
Hope this helps anyone mad enough to try it cheers ken