[Tigers] Hart Top and weather stripping Q's

[e.coiner at cox.net]

Never done it, but can you slide it in one end and drag it to the other?
---- Larry Mayfield via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net> wrote: 
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> Ok, so I am coming down the home stretch to getting my car back on the road.
> Down to a million things left to do. One is reassembling the hard top. And
> that includes the weather stripping at the case between the B pillar and the
> back where the top meets hinge coupling on trunk. Folks, that big tough
> weather stripping is just plain tough to install in the small retainers. So
> I must be doing something wrong. I cannot imagine installing these pieces on
> an assembly line! My process is to soap everything down so that it is
> slippery, then put one edge into the “c channel” and use, currently,
> popsicle sticks to push the other side on the weather stripping into the c
> channel. But I gotta tell ya, I must be using the wrong tool, lol or not
> saying enough bad words or something.  This is way harder than it should be.
> What am I doing wrong? The ones around the doors and windows are stuffed
> with soft foam weather stripping and are reasonably easy to do , but that
> hard top uses all hard rubber. 
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> Any comment or suggestions out there. 
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> Headed out in a few minutes to begin round 10 and I am nearly down for the
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> Oh, and another issue is the corner rubber pieces., They do not fit very
> well. Will they assume proper shape when installed and the on the car? Or
> should I make them fit beforehand They just do not fit that odd shape well
> using the holes and metal retainer plate. If placed into what looks to be a
> better fit, the body holes and rubber holes are off by more than ½ inch.  
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> More comment? 
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> Regardless of what you might think, I do appreciate you help and comments!
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> mayf
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