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Re: Lights and Leaks

To: triumphs@autox.team.net, "Chris Boston" <cboston@zeu.tt.umist.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Lights and Leaks
From: "jpratchi" <jpratchi@isdlink1.ess.harris.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 95 08:11:13 est
Chris lamented the torrential rain entering his LBC through the soft top and 
asked:
>Does anybody have any tips to reduce water invasion...or does anybody have a 
>spare hard top for sale (pref B.R.G. to avoid the need for a respray)?
   Water invasion over the top of the Windscreen frame is usually a sign of 
a "tired" gasket.  The gasket is easily replaced as it fits into a channel 
in the soft top frame.  New gaskets do not cost very much.  My wife used to 
get a "wet lap" from my old Spitfire until I replaced its soft top and 
fitted a new gasket during that process.  Water still came in from the 
sides over the side windows, but not over the windshield.  My present 
Spitfire has a DPO bodge that did not have a gasket... used some self-stick 
foam and leaked badly over the frame.  I installed some self stick window 
gasket from the local hardware store (DIY shop for you UKers) to the soft 
top frame (see hokie ASCII drawing below) until I replace the top and 
reinstall the missing channels and fit a proper gasket.  My bodge works 
ever so much better than the DPO's!

      -------  
     /       \ <==Frame
     --------- 
         |  |  <==Window Gasket
          ~~  


>Call me soft, call me a whimp, or preferably, call me with a solution.

   No you are not a wimp... when we *WANT* to get wet, we leave the top 
*DOWN*, when we want to only be *DAMP* we put the top up!

   regards,   John Pratchios


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