Bud,
Your hole #2 sounds as if it's the hole for the grommet for the wiper motor
power line. I'll check mine (52 LHD) a little later this evening and let you
know what the dimensions are.
Francis Precht wrote:
> Greetings, MGT listers,
> I'm attempting to fill all the extraneous holes in the cowl for my '52
> TD, and I've got 2 that are confounding me. I know that the wiper wire
> goes thru a grommet, but I've got 2 candidate holes. The car is a RHD,
> with wiper motor in the passenger frontal lobotomy position (NOT
> centered on the windscreen). 2 clips exist on the windscreen frame to
> the left of the motor, so I'm guessing the wire is routed in that
> direction.
>
> Hole # 1 is a 3/8" hole located in the bend of the left side hump of the
> cowl, 4" toward the front of the car from the trailing edge of the cowl,
> and 16 1/4" to the left of car center.
>
> Hole # 2 is a 5/16" hole on the RIGHT side of the cowl, just about in
> horizontal alignment with the upper mounting hole for the windscreen
> bracket, but about 2 5/8" rearward. This hole is also rather rough,
> rather than a smooth punched type hole as is #1.
>
> Would someone please verify for me which is the correct hole for the
> wiper wire, and if anybody has a clue as to the second one before I weld
> it shut.
>
> Thanks in advance for all your help.
>
> Bud P.
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Bud Krueger
http://home.ici.net/~bkrueger/
52TD
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