Here is how I have taken care of this type of problem:
1. Unsnap all hood fasteners.
2. Unhook metal strip on hood from windscreen.
3. Fold hood and stow in boot.
4. Remove hood frame, dismantle, and stow in boot.
5. Return to driving position, get moving, and don't stop unnecessarily.
I have always found that this method prevents the noise, and no rain comes
into the car between the windscreen and the hood. And, as long as speed of
forward motion is sufficient, very little rain enters the cockpit.
YMMV :)
Doug Ingram
Victoria BC
1958 Sprite (AN5L/636)
1963 Sprite Mk II project (HAN7L/30003)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Greg Mahney <mahney@central.murdoch.edu.au>
> To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 11:35 AM
> Subject: Soft Top Lifts
>
>
> > I have a 1963 Mk 2A Sprite.
> >
> > It has the type of soft top that has the one stud on each top corner
> > of the windscreen and a thin, fabric covered sprit of metal that
> > tucks up into a ridge /gutter along the top of the screen, and of
> > course, a number of studs towards the rear deck.
> >
> > My trouble is, when I've got the top up, and reach about 60 mph the
> > strip along the ridge comes free and air and rain howls in between
> > the top and the top of the screen.
> >
> > Has anyone else had this trouble, and if so, how did you fix it?
> >
> > greg
> >
> > In Australia
> >
>
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