On Thu, 03 Apr 1997 07:01:48 -0700 Dave Fain <KC3565L@sprintmail.com>
writes:
>>My question is this. How are the over riders supposed
>>to be mounted? Should the top hook be used in
>>what looks like a notch in the top of the hood mounting
>>point? Are there supposed to be spacers and conical
>>shaped washers that I don't have? (I did buy new bolts
>>of a couple different lengths that were close.)
>
>The hooks on the back of the over riders do fit into
>the notch on the bonnet hinge bracket. My manual does
>show a domed "distance washer" behind the bumper but
>lotsa luck finding these. You can get by with regular
>hardware, just be careful that the bolts don't bottom
>out and make a bump in the front of the over rider
>when you tighten them.
>Dave
>
Dave (or anyone),
Would you (or anyone else) be able to tell me the thickness
of these domed distance washers? Right now I am using
spacer over the bolt to hold the bumper away from the
mounting bracket on the car frame. I think my spacer is
too thick. It is one inch and I think that is making my angle
wrong for my bolt to engage the nut in the over rider.
Thanks for the info about the spacer, but I don't have an
original book, and obviously don't have the original parts.
Hay! That gives me an idea! Does anyone out there on
the list have a parts car (Spitfire Mk. I/II) who would be
willing to sell me these spacer parts?
Creig Houghtaling
St. Louis, MO
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