Vance,
Thanks for that message. Kirby Vaughn was kind enough to bring his fairly
original '74 TR6 by my house yesterday, and I noticed that his forward
hood/valence seal had a much longer lip, kind of like the rear hood seal
near the windshield base. His also goes just along the center curve, so the
extra length on yours seems to be "gravy".
Thanks again for all your help.
Cheers, Tom Marincic
> [Original Message]
> From: Navarrette, Vance <vance.navarrette@intel.com>
> To: Tomislav Marincic <tomislav.marincic@earthlink.net>
> Cc: <6pack@autox.team.net>
> Date: 10/2/2006 1:41:43 PM
> Subject: RE: Forward Hood/Bonnet Seal
>
> Tom:
>
> Same thing happened to me with the Moss seal, and my valence is
> original.
>
> I changed to the TRF seal, and the problem was resolved. I
> noticed the minute I received the Moss seal that it was not as tall as
> the original, and sure enough it did not seal.
> As for the length, I just centered mine on the lip. Yes, it
> neither reaches to the fenders nor does it fit on the smooth curved
> portion of the valence, but it ends up somewhere in between. Sigh. I
> just left it there as is. I suspect it is meant to fit on the curved
> portion, and so you are intended to trim it to length, but I just left
> it.
>
> Vance
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Tomislav Marincic
> Sent: September 29, 2006 8:38 PM
> To: 6pack
> Subject: Forward Hood/Bonnet Seal
>
> Hello,
>
> I just got my grill back in and I'm installing Moss #680-375 "Front
> Seal, Valence to Hood". Basically, it's the rubber weatherstrip that
> runs above the grill/valence at the front of the hood. I had a couple of
> questions:
>
> 1. The length of the seal seems odd. It's not quite long enough to go
> from fender to fender, but too long to go on the one smooth curve
> between the headlights. Is the seal supposed to be cut to fit the one
> curve, or...? Can someone take a look under their hood for me, please?
>
> 2. The seal doesn't "seal". when I close the hood, the lip of the seal
> goes up towards the hood, but doesn't quite make contact. Is this my
> funky repro valence manifesting itself again? Is there a better seal
> available from another vendor?
>
> Thanks for your help, again.
>
> Cheers, Tom Marincic
>
> http://www.triumphowners.com/735
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