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Re: hood (bonnet) rubbers

To: Douglas Ormrod <Douglas.Ormrod@neurological.org.nz>
Subject: Re: hood (bonnet) rubbers
From: Bud Krueger <budkrueger@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2006 18:53:25 -0500
Sorry, Douglas, you have it wrong.  Look at 
http://www.ttalk.info/picture_this.htm and scroll down to the Bonnet 
Hinge Supports item.  The rubber should be one continuous piece under 
both bonnet supports.

Bud Krueger
admin@ttalk.info


Douglas Ormrod wrote:

>As you can see I have now made it to the front of the car in the
>reassembly process and have a couple of questions re the rubber strips
>that the hood sits on. 
>
>The lacing that weaves its way round the radiator shell is in two parts
>and comes out the last hole on the top an inch or so from the centre of
>the shell. Question one is do I just glue it in place before it gets to
>the indent that the little chrome support for top hood hinge sits in, or
>tuck it underneath said hinge support and pass the bolts through the
>rubber? Or perhaps sandwich it between the inner and outer hinge
>supports?
>
>Similarly at the rear there is a rubber strip that is tacked to the
>wooden firewall strip which has another little chrome support that the
>top hood hinge strip sits in. Do I screw the hinge support through the
>rubber - or fix it straight to the wood and stop the rubber at either
>side? Or perhaps cut a bit out of the rubber but leave the outer bead
>continuous? 
>
>Thanks 
>
>Douglas

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