Alan,
Check out Dave Russell's Tech article in the July 2004 issue of "Austin
Healey Magazine" in which he tells how properly install the rubber
windscreen seal with a perfect tight fit on the BN1 and BN2. He got the
instructions from Norman Nock, British Car Specialists, with a new seal.
You might contact Norm for a copy, or I can fax you the article if you do
not have the July 2004 AHM.
Vrooom vrooom,
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allen C Miller, Jr." <acmiller@mhcable.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 4:27 AM
Subject: lowered windscreen
> >From all I've read, the folding windscreen on 100's has been universally
> disparaged because the weatherstrip flaps in the down position. When we
> finally got the M on the road last, I had a blast running with the screen
> down. Even my wife tolerates it, and she's gotten pretty adept at putting
> her
> side down.
>
> Driving with the windscreen is not all that windy, even with the strip out
> of
> the channel. We have wrap around sunglasses made to fit over eyeglasses
> which
> work perfectly in the daytime, and I'm temporarily using clear shop
> goggles
> for night driving. We're going to put a pair of ratty, but original
> Brookland
> screens on, which in test fitting add about three fingers of extra
> screening.
> At 40-50 mph, placing three fingers above the lowered screen almost
> completely
> directs the airfoil over your head. (No, I'm not the circus midget; it
> really
> works).
>
> Because the weatherstrip was dry rotted and long gone, we weren't getting
> the
> flutter others report, so we haven't seen the 'down' side down. I've
> bought a
> new strip, but haven't put it in yet,and am looking for tips for
> mitigating
> the wind flapping. It seems there are two potential causes:
>
> 1. part of the problem is that when the screen is forward, the weather
> seal edge no longer follows the contours of the cowl due to the 'valleys'
> at
> the sides.Would stuffing varying thicknesses of felt underneath help?
>
> 2. I've noticed the new weather strip doesn't have as much curvature.
> At
> Lime Rock, I examined Peter Davis' M, which had a very smart fitting seal
> with
> no wrinking at the trailing edge. He had to point out two cuts he had
> expertly
> made in the strip and annealed back together with rubber sealant, one near
> each end. Would doing this help mitigate the 'flapping lips' syndrome?
> (not
> mine, the car's).
>
> I'd welcome any input from 100 types who've succeeded in getting the seals
> to
> function correctly down and well as up.
>
> Allen Miller.
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