Aaron;
Hey guy! Sounds like everything came together, with the usual insights
and learnings.
Question. When you installed the new tranny tunnel, did you use any
seals between the tunnel and the floorpans? TRF sells an install kit
with hardware and four seals (one for each side, one for fore and aft).
Aside from the fact you have to be something of a contortionist to
install the tunnel in the fist place, getting the rubber seals to stay
put while installing the cover is almost impossible Especially since
you first need to make holes in the seals to provide for the bolts to
pass through... So, did you just bolt yours in or did you use some
sort of sealant. Also, did you bolt in the five bolts holding the
front "arch" of the tunnel to the firewall?
Dave
CF25194U/O/TBI
----- Original Message -----
From: acekraut11@aol.com
Date: Sunday, September 9, 2007 11:52 pm
Subject: [6pack] OD Conversion Notes Part 2
To: 6pack@autox.team.net, triumphs@autox.team.net
> ...continued from part 1.....
>
> One of the most enjoyable aspects of interior work is refitting the
> transmission tunnel to the car.? Getting all the bolts to line up and
> hold it down is pretty near impossible.? I had purchased a new plastic
> tunnel from TRF and this was the first time installing it.? All the
> holes in it were a perfect match, nice job TRF.? But installing it was
> next to impossible.? I decided to take a slightly different route
> aftergetting some of the bolts in but having trouble with the
> rest.? From under the car I put the bolts in so the head of the bolt
stuck up
> slightly, allowing the me to push the tunnel down over the protruding
> bolts.? Then I used a flat washer and a nyloc nut to hold everything
> down.? I could not install the two bolts farthest back from the bottom
> so they were installed from the top.? I had already put the tunnel in
> and tightened a few bolts down so I put the rest on from under the car
> but the bolts could have been installed quite easily from inside the
> car when the gearbox was out.
>
>
> Aaron
>
> Aaron Cropley
> 71 TR6 (Throttle Body Injection!)
> http://www.triumphowners.com/108
> Topsham, Maine
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