[Tigers] Engine Bay/cabin grommets

[genepadgett at comcast.net]

Ron, 


Thanks for the info on that early style of grommet and its use. 


Do you know if there is any sort of grommet on the cabin side for the washer tube as it goes into that hollow box section below the windshield area? Again, looking at it from the cabin side (under the dash). 


Also, the other hole I mentioned is not the one for the hood release lever. It is actually behind the vent box and would not be normally visable unless the box is removed. I am hoping that someone who has done the vent door repair will remember seeing this hole and whether or not it had a plug in it. 


Thanks again, 


Gene 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Fraser" <rfraser at bluefrog.com> 
To: genepadgett at comcast.net, tigers at autox.team.net 
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 9:16:02 AM 
Subject: RE: [Tigers] Engine Bay/cabin grommets 

Gene 
Large hole for the hood release plus grommet - small hole for washer 
tube. Assuming I'm looking at the correct location. 

Original washer tube and the heater valve cable at the firewall, engine 
side, both use the "T" shaped grommet as you described. I don't know of 
anyone at this time that reproduces that original style grommet. 

Ron Fraser 

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From: Tigers [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of 
genepadgett at comcast.net 
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 11:11 PM 
To: tigers at autox.team.net 
Subject: [Tigers] Engine Bay/cabin grommets 


Hello all, 


I am rebuilding the passenger side vent box (SS kit) and just noticed that 
behind the box is a 5/8 hole in the sheet metal that is part of the scuttle 
box section (for lack of a better description) that runs under the 
windshield left to right and contains the heater core box in the center. Is 
that hole supposed to have a plug in it or be left open for some reason? 
Looks like nothing was ever there. 


Also, in the same general area is a hole for the windshield washer tube that 
goes into the engine bay. The hole looks like it goes through a fairly thick 
area of several layers of metal that includes a cross-sectional 
strengthening panel inside the scuttle box section. There is no grommet 
around the washer fluid tubing through the hole. However, the metal is 
radiused nicely around the hole rather than having sharp edges, at least on 
the cabin side. Maybe no grommet was intended to go there? 


Interestingly, the new grommet from SS in their grommet kit for the tubing 
where it exits into the engine bay is different from my original factory 
one. It looks like a regular grommet for relatively thin sheet metal. The 
factory one basically has a "T" shape cross section with a lip and then a 
long stem, about 1/2 inch, that goes into the hole. Curiuosly, that old one 
also fits quite nicely into the hole on the cabin side through the thick 
sheet metal that is also radiused on the cabin side. Rick's kit only has the 
standard looking grommet for the engine bay side. 


Can anyone please tell me what, if anything should go in these two holes on 
the cabin side of the firewall? 


Thanks, Gene 
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