[Tigers] Engine Bay/cabin grommets

Fri May 23 11:00:02 MDT 2014

Gene
    I don't recall there being a grommet on the inside but then I did not
have the grommet for the outer washer tube on my Tiger when I bought it.
I'm not sure there is any room to add a grommet there on the inside; looks
too tight on my Tiger.  I have Tygon tubing for the washer; not sure if the
original tubing has smaller OD.

My air boxes are in my Tiger so I can't see there.  This sheet metal should
be symmetrical side to side.   Whatever is on you drivers side should be
there for the RHD cars.

My thought is that a hole that big should have a plug.

I have seen some web sites of people restoring a Tiger or Alpine and they
have pictures of the bare inside sheet metal.  I'm not sure I saved any to
those pictures; I'll have to look.  Maybe someone else on the List has a
picture of the bare dash sheet metal.

Ron Fraser

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From: genepadgett at comcast.net [mailto:genepadgett at comcast.net]
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 10:34 AM
To: rfraser at bluefrog.com
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Subject: Re: [Tigers] Engine Bay/cabin grommets

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

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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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