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For rubber parts you may try Mc Greggor in Canada:
MacGregor British Car Parts
376 Mill Street, Units 5&6, Dundas, Ontario L9H 2M1
Phone: 905-627-4006
macgregorukcarparts.com
Kees Oudesluijs
Op 28-9-2023 om 14:38 schreef Simon Lachlan via Healeys:
>
> Hi,
>
> Iâ??m trying to sort out the sidescreens in my MkII BT7. Nothing too
> drastic, just the rubber seals and the felts. I gather that there are
> quite a few different sidescreens so see attached.
>
> Now. I bought the rubber surrounds and the so-called felt. Actually,
> the surrounds arenâ??t rubber anymore. Theyâ??re some sort of synthetic
> siliconish rubber lookalike. Problem being that stuff doesnâ??t stretch
> so itâ??s a pretty tricky install. I half recall doing the same job
> about 25 years agoâ?¦.the mists of time. I could push and pull them down
> the slots in the frames and get them in. Not easy, but doable. I tried
> that this timeâ?¦.it would go in just so far â?? about 80% - and then the
> friction would overcome my best efforts and all my WD40. I spoke to
> Keith Bates at Ahead4Healeys, whence they came. He said that the trick
> with these things is to lay them into the slots so that one side is in
> place, then force the other side in with a suitably rounded-off
> implement ie not to cut the material. That worked OK and Iâ??ll leave a
> note for my heirs as to how to do it in another 25 years time.
>
> That was just for info and interestâ?¦..So, the feltâ?¦It arrived as a
> length about 70â?? (1780mm) long by ¾â?? (19.05mm). (Sufficient for both
> sides). Black felt, nice stuff. It bears little resemblance to whatâ??s
> survived in my car which, Iâ??d guess, started off at ¼â?? (9.5mm) wide
> and is/was stuck to one side of the groove through which the
> Perspex(?) slides.
>
> I am tempted to try to lightly glue this stuff into the groove in a
> U-shape and let the to and fro of the Perspex fashion it into shape.
> But I can see thatâ??s likely to be easier in theory than in practise! I
> have visions of stuck windows and mess everywhere.
>
> Any ideas? Whatâ??s the accepted wisdom? Trouble being that itâ??s not
> something that we do very often, if ever at all.
>
> Interestingly, Keith said that thereâ??s only one supplier worldwide for
> the rubber seals. And thatâ??s in the States, Moss. He kind of admitted
> that the items are pretty shoddy but said that they might only sell 10
> in a year, if theyâ??re lucky, Â and that making their own was out of the
> question. Tooling alone would kill it.
>
> Simon
>
>
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<p>For rubber parts you may try Mc Greggor in Canada:</p>
<p>MacGregor British Car Parts<br>
376 Mill Street, Units 5&6, Dundas, Ontario L9H 2M1<br>
Phone: 905-627-4006<br>
</p>
<p>macgregorukcarparts.com<br>
</p>
<p>Kees Oudesluijs<br>
</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Op 28-9-2023 om 14:38 schreef Simon
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<p class="MsoNormal">Iâ??m trying to sort out the sidescreens in
my MkII BT7. Nothing too drastic, just the rubber seals and
the felts. I gather that there are quite a few different
sidescreens so see attached.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>Â </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Now. I bought the rubber surrounds and the
so-called felt. Actually, the surrounds arenâ??t rubber anymore.
Theyâ??re some sort of synthetic siliconish rubber lookalike.
Problem being that stuff doesnâ??t stretch so itâ??s a pretty
tricky install. I half recall doing the same job about 25
years agoâ?¦.the mists of time. I could push and pull them down
the slots in the frames and get them in. Not easy, but doable.
I tried that this timeâ?¦.it would go in just so far â?? about 80%
- and then the friction would overcome my best efforts and all
my WD40. I spoke to Keith Bates at Ahead4Healeys, whence they
came. He said that the trick with these things is to lay them
into the slots so that one side is in place, then force the
other side in with a suitably rounded-off implement ie not to
cut the material. That worked OK and Iâ??ll leave a note for my
heirs as to how to do it in another 25 years time.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">That was just for info and interestâ?¦..So,
the feltâ?¦It arrived as a length about 70â?? (1780mm) long by ¾â??
(19.05mm). (Sufficient for both sides). Black felt, nice
stuff. It bears little resemblance to whatâ??s survived in my
car which, Iâ??d guess, started off at ¼â?? (9.5mm) wide and
is/was stuck to one side of the groove through which the
Perspex(?) slides.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am tempted to try to lightly glue this
stuff into the groove in a U-shape and let the to and fro of
the Perspex fashion it into shape. But I can see thatâ??s likely
to be easier in theory than in practise! I have visions of
stuck windows and mess everywhere. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Any ideas? Whatâ??s the accepted wisdom?
Trouble being that itâ??s not something that we do very often,
if ever at all.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>Â </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Interestingly, Keith said that thereâ??s only
one supplier worldwide for the rubber seals. And thatâ??s in the
States, Moss. He kind of admitted that the items are pretty
shoddy but said that they might only sell 10 in a year, if
theyâ??re lucky, Â and that making their own was out of the
question. Tooling alone would kill it.<o:p></o:p></p>
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