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Fw: '75 Fix Ups

To: "Bricklin" <bricklin@autox.team.net>
Subject: Fw: '75 Fix Ups
From: "Greg Monfort" <wingracer@email.msn.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 13:52:16 -0500
-----Original Message-----


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>>The air tank comes with the air door kit.  It is a large heavy
>metal
>>box that welds on the the rear bumper mounting pads.  I beleive
>they
>>are both on the pass side of the tank.
>=========
>The tank can be positioned either side. I chose driver side.
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>>>
>>>7: How in the world are you supposed to align the gullwing doors?
>The
>>>drivers side door seems way outta whack.  there's too much space
>in
>>>front, and too little in back...I've tried alighning the door,
but
>its
>>>just not working....
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>>In a nut shell, you don't!  You send it to Terry or Bob.
Seriously
>>Riley, it is a real art form.  I beleive that you try to get the
>back
>>seam as clean as you can, then you remove/replace the "A" pillars
>to
>>clean up the front seams, and adjust the fenders.  I'll see if I
>can't
>>find some info and put together an article for one of the comming
>issues
>>of The Brickline.
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>I think I said "C" pillar in my response which of course is wrong.
>FWIW, when I discussed repostioning the "A" pillars with Tanner, he
>advised me not to, that it's really tough getting it right and what
>he hated doing the most.
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>>Before you reinstall the interior, but have all the wiring and all
>the
>>other things that penatrate the firewall in place, you need to get
>some
>>plumbers puddy and place it over and around each hole and wire.
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>I would think plumber's putty would dry and crack under the
>expansion/contraction and heat. Why not real bulkhead grommets? I
>guess I was fortunate, mine came with them and don't leak water,
>neither do they cause a draft.
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>GM
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