On Mon, 1 Oct 2001 22:50:27 +0100, you wrote:
>Bob Kinderlehrer wrote:
>When I removed these fasteners for the top and tanneau before the body
>work started, there was nothing between the back of he fastener and the
>body of the car.
I may be on the wrong page here because I don't know what "Tenax"
fasteners are. However it sounds as if they're similar to the
lift-the-dot thingy's used on other Triumphs. Needing to rivet these
puppies on the fresh paint of my Spitfire I had similar concerns. I
decided to apply a small dab of black dum-dum prior to the process.
The dum-dum is too soft to prevent damage to the paint but I'm hoping
it will serve to seal the assembly against water ingress. As I
applied pressure with rivet tool it oozed out around the circumference
in a most satisfactory manner. :-) It cleans up quickly with
mineral spirits and is thereafter undetectable. We'll see if this
works.
Cheers!
Tom O'Malley
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