Make sure that with the doors shut the 1/4-lights only just touch the
rubber. IMHO too much contact here *is* the cause of the CoD, if you get to
drive on less than perfectly smooth tarmac just put your thumb across the
gap and see how much 'scuttle shake' you can feel.
PaulH.
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Proudfoot <amproud@nf.sympatico.ca>
To: mg list <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 2:34 AM
Subject: Windsheild to vent seals 77B
> The windsheild & vent windows are installed in the 77. With great gusto I
> pushed on the new windsheild to vent seal on the w/s frame and lo and
> behold.............. you can't close the door!!!!!!!!!!!!
> At least not without lots of effort and then sleepless nights worried
about
> the crack of doom on my doors. Anyone with expierience with this. Seems
the
> new is totally convex where the other is concave (from wear) I shall try
to
> manoveur the windsheild further front and the vents further back but I am
> about as far as I can go. I have contemplated cutting a long vertical slit
> in the new. I re-installed one of the old ones which works fine but looks
> like crap but I can only find one. The other might have made the trash bin
> over the winter.
> Also had a great tip
> from Steve Bettencourt for using a C clamp inside the fender to compress
the
> new
> seals that worked well. Worked great. No risk of noticable damage either.
> Matter of a fact the install was completed alone.
> Yep, all by myself, not that I havn't got friends I just got a wife that
> works evenings so it's usually late at night before I can get out to the
> car.
> Any suggestions anyone. Right now I am looking for the old seal or
> contemplating not having any. I am not using those inner retainers either,
> don't see the need or is there one?
> Once again thanks all for the help and moral support.
>
> Andy P. & the 77B
>
>
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