Which brings up a good question... Where can I get replacement grommets for
my 1980 Spit? VB and Spitbits don't have the right size and configuration.
Dan Parrott
1980 Spitfire "PJ"
-----Original Message-----
From: spitfires-owner@autox.team.net
[mailto:spitfires-owner@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Michael Hargreave
Mawson
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 5:56 PM
To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Oddities
In article <001001c1f9fd$9c4208e0$d7090150@u8p1p8>, William Davies
<bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk> writes
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
>
>> Have you ever bought a replacement speedo drive cable? Same problem.
>> You can't get the pre-assembled cable through the grommet in the
>> firewall without removing the connection from one end.
> The trick is to remove the grommet and feed the cable through it,
>then feed the cable through the hole in the bulkhead - you can then
>slide the grommet into position,
I probably should have thought to buy a new grommet as well. There was
no way my old one was going to let the cable go through it - even off
the car (believe me, I tried for a *long* time...).
ATB
--
Mike
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea"
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html
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