Let's not forget that rubber was a lot softer 45 years ago
John
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From: Dave1massey@cs.com
Date: 06/20/05 08:46:26
To: tr3driver@comcast.net; triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: TR3A Flasher Lamp Assembly
In a message dated 6/19/2005 9:47:33 PM Central Standard Time,
tr3driver@comcast.net writes:
> Yeah, OK, the chrome ring helps hold the glass. But I drove many months
> without
> one of the rings, on what pass for roads in Los Angeles (some of the worst
> highways in the nation) and never lost a lens. I still say the lens
should
> be
> primarily held by the rubber; the chrome ring is, at best, a backup.
>
Perhaps I have aftermarket lamps but when I pulled the chrome ring from my
TR3 the glass fell out in my hand. I checked the one low profile lamp I
have in
my collection (as soon as I find another I will convert over - because I
want
to) and it was the same story.
But ISTR working on some Awful Healey's and the glass was better retained by
the rubber without the ring but you still could pull the lens off with
little
effort but with the ring in place it was quite secure.
Dave
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