On 9/26/2012 6:28 PM, Frank Fisher wrote:
> could your "rivet" be the remnantsof the carpet hold down snap?
The rivet matches up with the hole in the bridge/bracket. I don't think
there's a snap there, but I could be wrong. Doesn't look like one,
though...
> TR6 gearbox cover - I'm replacing my cardboard mess with a plastic
> one. There is a short metal "bridge" that attaches to the cover to
> make the seal under the bulging part of the cover. You can see the
> bulge in this photo from Rimmer:
> http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-713569PL -- it's on the side,
> right under the gear lever hole.
>
> My bridge piece has one hole to align with the cover hold-down bolt,
> and two holes in the vertical bit to attach to the cover. On the old
> cover, it looks for all the world like it had one screw and one
> rivet. There's only one spire nut on the piece...and what looks like
> an old broken rivet in the cover. If I took the screw out, I don't
> remember.
>
> Does this sound right? I suppose it doesn't really matter, but I'm
> curious - if it uses one screw and one rivet, does that mean my car
> was assembled after a pub lunch?
>
> Jeff Scarbrough
> Corrosion Acres, Ga.
>
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