This seems an important discussion to me...having replaced the front
wings on my 6...noted the drain hose and didn't like the fact that it
dumped into the space between the wing and the inner fender...the
drains below generally get clogged and the water sits on the upper
parts of the rockers...until they rust through.
shouldn't we reroute the drain so that it curves back through the
inner fender panel and dumps into/under the firewall, outside the
car????
PMcQ
76 Spit
73 TR-6
72 GT-6
69 GT-6 + (2)
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Subject: Re: Drain Hose in Bulkhead
Author: DANMAS@aol.com at Internet
Date: 6/1/97 10:46 PM
In a message dated 97-06-01 22:27:16 EDT, suhring@lancnews.infi.net (scott
suhring) writes:
> There are drain hoses inside each of the
> bulkheads (left and right) in my '70 TR6. We
> replaced both bulkheads (originals rusted out), but
> there doesn't seem to be any place for the drain
> hoses to drain? Toni (Mt Joy Auto Works) is
> inclined to install a hole in the bulkhead, put a
> nipple on the inbside and attach the drain hose to
> this.
>
> Are we missing something here? No reference in the
> Bently or the parts catelogs as to how these hoses
> were to drain from inside the bulkhead.
Scott:
No, you are not missing anything here. The hoses just dump to the space
between the bulkhead and the fender. The water merely flows out wherever
there is a gap in the sheet metal. Doesn't strike me as a good design, but
that's what they did.
Please let me know what you come up with as a better idea. When I finish the
TR5.0 project, I plan to do something about that myself.
Dan Masters,
Alcoa, TN
'71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
'71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion - see:
www.sky.net/~boballen/mg/Masters/
'74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition
'68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74
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