Hi David,
The front header of the soft top should have a rubber strip running across the
length of it. It fits into a C-shaped metal slot which is riveted in several
places on to the header. If you look in the Vicky Brit catalog, you will see the
metal slot, called a "retainer" (three pieces) and the gasket, called "header
top seal". Even after replacing mine, it still leaks. There may be different
shapes of this seal, some round tube, others a sort of U shape. That may explain
why some work and others don't. Mine is the U shaped.
Others have added a rubber weather-strip to it and had success sealing the small
gap. I have tried this using a thin weather-strip from Canadian Tire (5/32" I
think). I placed this strip onto the existing gasket to beef it up. It still
didn't solve the problem. I will be trying the next thicker material and putting
it just behind the existing gasket.
One thing for certain, all this rainy weather sure is a good time to be testing
and fixing this problem. It is hard to solve when the weather is dry.
Vic Whitmore
76 Spitfire
Thornhill, Ontario
http://www.vicwhit.com
David Templeton wrote:
>
> Is there supposed to be a rubber seal on the top frame to seal against the
> frame and the windshield? We were just out at a Sunday morning brunch run
> and it started to rain, well, the rail started to come in along the joint. A
> TR6 owner in the club mentioned that his top had a seal, because he just
> replaced his, and was sure the spitfire had one as well. I already looked in
> the moss catalog and see no reference to one. If there wasn't one I was
> thinking about black weather stripping from home depot.
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