All I can tell you is that if you leave the car in the sun for a few hours
it will be easier to latch and fasten. Once the sun goes away though and
the top cools, you will have the same problem. I have the same problem
with my top and tonneau cover!!
At 09:30 AM 8/7/97 -0500, Alan Lott wrote:
>Hello All,
>
>The '71 B I just acquired has a pretty decent quality vinyl top in good
>condition. Two problems:
>
>problem #1: It hasn't been latched (at the header or at the "lift-the-dot"
>fasteners at the rear) in several years and seems to have shrunk. This
>morning, I pulled several muscles I never knew I had latching it. Is there
>a fix for this? I thought that latching it properly and then leaving it in
>the sun for a couple of days might help, but at this point I'm skeptical.
>
>Problem #2: the top is "textured" and even after several thourough (sp?)
>washings, with the usual car washing soap, there is still dirt/gook/slime
>holding fast in the "valleys" created by the texture. Anyone have good luck
>with specific cleaners?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Alan Lott
>GTA Dept of RSE
>Auburn University
>
>'71 MGB (rolling restoration)
>
>"Diplomacy is the ability to let other peolple have things your way."
>
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