I think the problem is that the seal looks way too long off the car and most
people trim just a little too much off and it ends up short when you put it
back on the car, even though you think you're being conservative and cutting
off just enough. I think it's the curve in the scuttle that throws me off...
I've cut it short several times over the years...good news is their cheap,
but not too much fun installing
Dave Willner
Stroudsburg PA
59 TR3A
70 MGB
70 BSA 441 VS
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Brewer" <wsb1960tr3a at att.net>
To: "Triumphs" <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 11:02 AM
Subject: [TR] tr3 w/s gap?
> Hi Paul,
> I don't think that our cars was made that well to start with. My car
> was
> rolled onto its side in the fire grass on the side side of the 405 freeway
> in LA
> before I got it.
> My car's W/S fit the same way. There is a flat seal (MOSS - Sealing
> rubber
> lower part 680-470) under the frame that should fill the gap. I also had
> a big
> gap between the stanchions and the cowl that ISTR filling with
> weatherstripping.
> Good luck.
> I drove to work today in the snow & rain and remembered all the places
> water gets in in a TR3.
>
> -Bill
>
>
> Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 19:41:46 -0400
> From: "Paul Dorsey" <dorpaul at bellsouth.net>
> To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
> Subject: [TR] tr3 w/s gap?
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>
> The engine is running good. I've been admonished to turn my attention
> towards
> other things. The slave cylinder...no, I won't go there... IMME
>
> Windshield Installation:
> Not exactly remembering what I'd seen at car shows, I trimmed an end of
> the
> new bottom seal for the windshield. I only trimmed about an inch (or
> should I
> speak metric?). Since it was a trial fitting of windshield and stanchions
> (in
> situa?), a gap appeared seemingly bigger than what should have been.
> Surely
> the age of my scuttle hasn't made it shrink?
>
> The gap I'm talking about exisits on both ends of the windshield at the
> bottom. Whereas the middle of the car's windshield lays squarely on the
> new
> bottom seal, the ends of the w/s are about 1/2" away from the top of the
> scuttle. I bought this new tinted w/s off ebay from a glass dealer, and
> it
> was for a TR3. It fit my fram ok. What gives?
>
> Thanks, Paul Dorsey 60 TR3 TS71316
>
>
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