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Re: Re: Soggy Trousers

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Subject: Re: Re: Soggy Trousers
From: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine)
Date: Tue, Sep 19 2000 8:35:24 GMT-0600
Hi there all!

Some very good points! (Rainy weather being a long way off here in So Cal, but 
better to check some of this out and do the neccessary adjustments in warm 
sunny weather rather than in the rain and wind!)

>Is the Gaitor over the holes for the clutch pedal, and brake pedal in place 
>nice
>and tight. Its a great place for a big leak!

Good point! 

>Try putting the hard top on...

Let's see...hard top...oh yeah! That thing that lives in Dave's garage at his 
house! Pass!

>> I also get a leak between the windscreen top and the hood (soft-top to
>>  Americans?), when driving at speed in hard rain.  I know the solution to 
>this
>>  one - well, two solutions.  First, don't drive at speed in the hard rain in 
>a
>>  22-year-old British convertible car.  

Yes! I have that same leak!

>I've found that I get two leaks that correspond to where the two soft top 
>latches
>are, sadly I have never sorted them out as the leak is intermitant anyway....
>Have you tried a new soft top seal?

Is that the seal that should be along that piece where the latches are? Where 
would one get such a thing? Would that be the piece in the SpitBits catalogue, 
pg 13, # 629584? (All three of my spits have spat like that-never saw a seal on 
them...)

Thanks,

Laura G. and Nigel-who finally has new battery terminals-the original having 
*finally*! rotted away! (Yes, he still has some of his original pieces!)


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