Upon further reflection, I realized that the spray from the wheel that hits that
seal is probably travelling upwards, so the position of the seal seems
reasonable.
Doug
At 08:17 PM 4/23/2006 -0400, Daniel Parrott wrote:
>Aren't they meant to stop dirt and water from entering the engine bay via
>the small gap between the rear wheel arch and the firewall? If so, I can
>tell a difference in where the mud line stops on the firewall.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: spitfires-owner@autox.team.net [mailto:spitfires-owner@autox.team.net]
>On Behalf Of Doug Braun
>Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 3:18 PM
>To: Paul-Ernest Levesque; spitfires@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Seal, rear, front wheelarch to dash
>
>I assume that by "dash" you mean "firewall"...
>On my '72, those rubber flaps look like they
>have never been removed, and they are clipped to
>the front side of the wheelarch. It seems
>wrong, though, because that way they do not
>seal very well, and they do not prevent the wheelarch
>from rubbing against the firewall.
>
>Doug Braun
>'72 Spit
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