[Tigers] Grommets / Air Scuttle

[Derek Daily]

Sorry Gene, 

I owe you some other pictures too.

Please clickie...  Good pics
of said hole.  I ignored it... so, now that I forgot about it and riveted and
sealed the boxes in, I'll be curious to hear answers.  LOL...  rookie move
#232...

PS:  Short run from drain to Duck, thinking hose upon hose to get to
duck bill diameter from drain tube diameter... may work  (rookie #233?)


Gene
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Derek Daily
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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