[Healeys] Fasteners

[Peter Svilans]

Hi Jim,

The BN 6 has one Tenax peg, not Lift the Dot, to the right of the mirror in
the top centre of the dash.

The original plywood dash tops have two pre-punched holes for the peg for LHD
or RHD, only one of which is used for the passenger side of the tonneau
cover.

The peg is tapped through the wood dash top into the metal itself.   It pokes
through in the narrow gap between the dash face and the flange for the padded
crash rail on the dash top.

The peg itself is extra-long, at 5/8" for the threaded portion, compared to
the normal 3/8" length for the Tenaxes on the rest of the car.  It is the only
Tenax peg that length on any Healey roadster, and it helps to collect found
originals for that reason.   A standard length peg should just barely be able
to go in though.

As for the location, draw a line through the centers of the two mirror screws.
The Tenax peg is exactly two inches over from the rightmost mirror screw and
5/8" back from the line that you drew.

You should be able to poke an awl or pin from the bottom up through the hole
in the metal dash top and have it come up through the vinyl cover  at that
point.

The roadster dash top has a turnbutton (with two screws) and a sheet metal
screw and cup washer on each of its outside ends.  These are best accessed
while the windshield is off.

Best regards
Peter