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Re: fitting new top

To: "Larry Hoy" <larryhoy@prodigy.net>
Subject: Re: fitting new top
From: "David Hill" <Davhill@btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 19:23:12 +0100
Hi, Larry.

Done this before so here's a couple of hints, put in among existing text...


<Snip>
>
> Just make sure the rivet is fully inserted in the hole, and make sure the
pop rivet tool is
> firmly pressing against the top of the rivet.
<Snip>
> The strip is attached with rivets, when I did this I found my cheap
pop-rivet tool wouldn't
> fit between the curves on the strip.  I had to go out and buy an expensive
tool.  Hope your
> cheap one will work.

'The shear pin in a pop rivet is usually quite long so if your rivetter is
too snub-nosed to fit into a slot, you can slip a short spacer over the
rivet (e.g. small nut, with washer against rivet head) to 'extend' the
tool's nose. This also works with the buttons holding the side trims on a B'

<Snip>
> Typically the fabric type tops stretch over time, so you can fit it fairly
tight.

Depending on whether it's Vinyl or Duck Canvas, you can carefully use a hair
dryer to warm the hood, or get the workshop warm. IMHO, a correctly fitted
hood at ambient temperature should be taut but not tight. If it's right, you
can tap it as you would a drum, i.e. no sagging with gravity.

All the best,

Dave Hill
72 BGT

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