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Fw: '75 Fix Ups

To: "Bricklin" <bricklin@autox.team.net>
Subject: Fw: '75 Fix Ups
From: "Greg Monfort" <wingracer@email.msn.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 10:56:58 -0500
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>
>>> ..I've tried alighning the door, but its just not working....
>>> >Also, We had to tap new threads for the bolts cause the old
ones
>>> were
>>> >stripped.  What type of bolts should I use to get the door as
>low
>>> as possible
>>> >when closed so that the bolts do not make contact with the
>>> weatherstripping?
>>> =============
>>> Huh?
>>> =============
>>The bolt heads on mine crush the weather-stripping. After a while,
>the
>>weather-stripping gets permanent bolt-head impressions. But mine
>are
>>off-center enough to not cause any leakage (air or water).
>----------------
>Makes you wonder how consistant the birdcages are from car to car.
> Mine miss by about 1/2".
>----------------
>>
>>> >
>>> >Also, My car hasn't had any of the "Aftermarket" updates such
as
>>> the leaks in
>>> >the firewall.  I can feel cold air coming down from where the
>>> headlight swicth
>>> >is, but its not coming towards me as I thought it would...its
>going
>>> towards
>>> >the floor! is this normal?
>>> =============
>>> Don't know, mine only leaks around the forward edge of the door
>>> where it makes a poor seal. Are you sure this isn't where the
>>> draft's coming from?
>>> =============
>>I've sealed and insulated the firewall pretty good. But I get the
>same
>>draft as Greg mentions around the forward-bottom part of the door.
>I think
>>it's typical. I've toyed with the idea of using grease paint or
>chalk or
>>something to put on the weather-stripping to see how well contact
>is made
>>around the door frame when the door is closed. See if there is any
>gaps or
>>limited contact areas. Haven't done it yet.
>--------------
>FWIW, my doors, although broken at the seams, seal fine at low
>speeds, but 'lift away' from air pressure at about 50mph.
>
>GM
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