[6pack] Reassembly, for those who might be interested

[Richard Lindsay]

Hello Friends,
   A beautiful day welcomed me this morning. Cool and with clear blue
skies. Perfect spanner twisting weather.
   What follows is just an ongoing story of the reassembly of my TR6. It's
not intended to be a guide or tutorial. Rather, these words and pictures
are shared just for fun.

   After a quick breakfast I drove the Land Rover out to the shop and set
about aligning the TR6 bonnet. That all went as planned. I had to trim one
of the new rubber side bumpers just a bit. The Dremel tool easily reshaped
the part. The bonnet now closes beautifully.
   I next remounted the windscreen wiper spindles. The washer jets are
integral to the mounts so that job was addressed as part of the reassembly.
New washer hose was connected to the jets, threaded through the firewall
and on to the pump/reservoir. With that job completed I closed the plenum
with the refinished plenum grate.

http://aubard.us/75_Triumph/20191118_155901.jpg

   As one can see in that picture, taken later, the next step was
installing the dash pad. The large black bolts were temporarily inserted
for alignment. The leading edge of the pad sits under the windscreen frame
and the trailing edge is tucked between the body and the metal fascia.
Bolts from the body extend down through the pad's trailing edge, pinching
it between these two panels, securing it firmly. The pad is further held in
alignment by the defroster vents. In this picture one can see the passenger
side vent, now in place. Below the panel is a defroster duct which will
eventually connect to a hose.

http://aubard.us/75_Triumph/20191118_133200.jpg

   This is about where work ended for today. The dash pad is in and one
defroster vent is installed. What isn't shown is the heater box. I had
previously rebuilt that massive and heavy beast. The blower now works
perfectly. The whole assembly is now bolted to the underside of the dash,
located below and just rear of the plenum. That work needed to be done
before anything more could be installed under the dash. The coolant hoses
are yet to be installed.

http://aubard.us/75_Triumph/20191118_132920.jpg

   With both arms sore, hands roughed up, and a bit out of sorts, thanks to
that unwieldy heater box, I stopped the precision work and rested a bit.
Before heading back to the house, I mounted the radio antenna. I have no
immediate plans to add a radio but...there was this hole in the wing...

 http://aubard.us/75_Triumph/20191118_122927.jpg

   And that concluded this update.

Rick
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