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Re: [TR] TR6 Gearbox Cover

To: Frank Fisher <yellowtr3@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [TR] TR6 Gearbox Cover
From: Jeff <fishplate@charter.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:54:34 -0400
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On 9/26/2012 6:28 PM, Frank Fisher wrote:
> could your "rivet" be the remnantsof the carpet hold down snap?

The rivet matches up with the hole in the bridge/bracket.  I don't think 
there's a snap there, but I could be wrong.  Doesn't look like one, 
though...



> TR6 gearbox cover - I'm replacing my cardboard mess with a plastic 
> one.  There is a short metal "bridge" that attaches to the cover to 
> make the seal under the bulging part of the cover.  You can see the 
> bulge in this photo from Rimmer: 
> http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-713569PL -- it's on the side, 
> right under the gear lever hole.
>
> My bridge piece has one hole to align with the cover hold-down bolt, 
> and two holes in the vertical bit to attach to the cover.  On the old 
> cover, it looks for all the world like it had one screw and one 
> rivet.  There's only one spire nut on the piece...and what looks like 
> an old broken rivet in the cover.  If I took the screw out, I don't 
> remember.
>
> Does this sound right?  I suppose it doesn't really matter, but I'm 
> curious - if it uses one screw and one rivet, does that mean my car 
> was assembled after a pub lunch?
>
> Jeff Scarbrough
> Corrosion Acres, Ga.
>
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