Need some advice here gents. I recently purchased the Hardy Sunbeam reel pictured below as a birthday gift for a friend. The agate line guard ring needs to be switched for left hand retreive. It appears to be held in place by a wire mechanism.
It's probably quite straight forward but I'd rather not proceed without some advice. Thanks.

The piece of wire you have mentioned does hold the line guide in place. It is a bit fiddley to remove but you should be able to to do it yourself without to much problem. Think I used a combination of small snipe nosed pliers and small screwdriver.

Thanks for that, Cassley.