In a message dated 03-Jul-00 11:50:42 Eastern Daylight Time, Ct54531 writes:
> I got quite few responses. All but two said drainage. One said paint. And
> one said it was the jack hole for TR2-3.
>
Jim, sounds logical -- probably something which the factory used during
painting and which could be used later as a drain hole for water.
Reason I say the latter is that the original configuration of the floor mats
was that the mats were rubber (not rugs) in the foot well. They were NOT
glued down but were held down by snaps. If water got in there (and it did)
you could remove the rubber mat. (There was a thread about a year ago in
which someone said that cocoa mats were fitted under the rubber mats when new
but I am still not sure about that.) In any case the plug could be used,
after the mats were removed, to drain any water left in the footwell.
Whoa!! I just checked the Factory Parts Manual and it shows (on P121) part
numbers for "blanking plugs." There are no pictures BUT here is a list of
what shows.
BLANKING PLATES
600399 Main floor, L. and R.H. 4
600399 Spare wheel pan 2
600399 Occasional seat pan 2
CD 25672 L. and R.H. main floor 2
CD 25672 Spare wheel pan 1
Those are all grouped as " Paint drainage" No, I don't know why there are
different numbers for some of the listings.
In addition there is listed:
603384 Floor jacking holes 2
605602 Gearbox cover 1 (not required w/OD)
I replaced the floor jacking plugs and the gearbox cover plug about 3 years
ago with new ones from TRF. If you check their catalogue ( #RFP323, p.64)
you will see a description of all the above listed 60nnnn plugs.
Also checked the section on mats in the factory parts manual and it shows the
rubber mats and snaps but NO cocoa mats are shown. Hmmm.
This appears to back up what you have. BTW, I have found that almost
everything "strange" on my car had a reason for being there. The problem
lies in being able to figure it out after all these years. Cheers.
Art Kelly
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