The factory decided there was no need to put any form of gasket between the
top bar retainer and the bodywork.
Lawrie
British Sportscar Center
-----Original Message-----
From: prsmith@navnet.net <prsmith@navnet.net>
To: members@batans.ns.ca <members@batans.ns.ca>; mgs@autox.team.net
<mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, April 15, 1999 1:00 PM
Subject: 80 MGB LE - Tonneau Cover hardware
>G'day All!!
>
>I am in the process of reassembling my MGB after having painted it.
>
>I have found o-rings that will replace the fibre washers that originally
>were placed between the stud and the painted surface. But for the life of
>me, I can not determine what goes between the painted surface and the
>device that holds the flat retaining bar in the rear of the tonneau and
>the top. All four of my cars have nothing between the retainer and the
>body. Won't the lack of a gasket of some sort allow the retainer to mar
>the paint and permit water seepage? Or am I just being paranoid?
>
>Does anyone have any ideas what should be there, if anything?
>
>Preston
>
>PS. By the way, I found out the hard way that when installing bits and
>pieces with pop rivets, pull the nose of the rivet gun away from the body
>just before the stem snaps. If you don't, you will scratch the paint. (I
>got three scratches before I perfected my technique) --
>Our 62 MGA 1600 MK II and 80 MGB LE are waiting for warm weather
>Betti Ann and Preston Smith in the Head of St Margaret's Bay, Nova Scotia,
Canada.
>email: prsmith@navnet.net
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