Threading up from the underside is ingenious!
I purchased a poly tunnel years ago from TFR and it was rubbish, could have
been a bad batch or perhaps it was stored in a high temperature area, it
wasn't useable and trying to make it work made it unreturnable (I assume this
as I didn't bother trying).
I just installed the two piece, actually three piece fiberglass tunnel from
Racetorations in the UK and apart from minor alignment tweaks on two bolt
holes it went in perfectly.
The gasket is fiddley no matter which tunnel you chose. One of the suppliers
would do well to make a formed, pre-punched gasket.
Steve
CC25805
--- On Sat, 10/17/09, Bob Danielson <75TR6@tr6.danielsonfamily.org> wrote:
> From: Bob Danielson <75TR6@tr6.danielsonfamily.org>
> Subject: Re: [TR] plastic tranny covers
> To: jimmuller@rcn.com, Triumphs@autox.team.net
> Date: Saturday, October 17, 2009, 6:00 PM
> Jim,
> When I did my 5 speed conversion I went to the poly tunnel
> (http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org/5SpeedInterior.htm) and
> did a few things to
> get a good fit. I drilled all the holes in the tunnel out
> to 1/2" to give me
> some bolt slop. I test fitted, punched out the holes and
> notched the rubber
> sealing strip so that it "flowed" with the shape of the
> tunnel bottom. I
> used some Ultra-black on the floor and pressed the strip
> into it to better
> seal and hold it in place. I did the same for the firewall
> which is a PITA
> to do so some guys skip it. What I wished I had done and
> was suggested to my
> by a TR6 buddy was to thread the tunnel bolts up from
> underneath the car.
> That way you have the bolt end sticking up and inch or so
> which makes it
> very easy to fit the tunnel to the bolt. I just used this
> trick on my Miata
> seats which made it much easier to catch the seat bracket.
> I also covered
> the tunnel with FatMat and carpet underlayment. The upside
> is as very quiet
> (relatively speaking) and cool interior. The downside is
> that the added
> thickness made it very difficult to get the dash support
> back in place. I
> don't remember who I got the tunnel from.......but it was
> on sale at the
> time!
>
>
> Bob Danielson
> 1975 TR6 CF38503U
> Running w/ Throttle Body Injection
> Toyota 5 Speed & Nissan LSD
> http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net
> [mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Jim Muller
> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 8:38 PM
> To: Triumphs@autox.team.net;
> Spitfire list
> Subject: [TR] plastic tranny covers
>
> I have plastic tranny covers in both the Spitfire and
> GT6. IIRC, they came
> from different sources (Spitbits, TRF) but I may be
> mistaken. As far as I
> noticed they are the same. They've been in the cars
> for more than a few
> years. Neither fit particuarly well, okay but not
> great for several
> reasons. The GT6 cover is now slightly cracked in one
> spot. And driving
> through severe rain and puddles for the CCBCC British
> Legends ride taught me
> the value of having a better fit to the firewall!
>
> So I'm considering fitting another and doing it more
> carefully. Any
> thoughts or experiences with them? Is any vendor's
> better than another or
> are they all really the same from the same manufacturer?
>
> Tanks,
>
> Jim Muller
> jimmuller@rcn.com
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