[Healeys] Factory Hardtop

[warthodson at aol.com]

I assume you are referring to a roadster hardtop & not a convertible hardtop.
Attached is a drawing of the seals between the rear shroud & the aluminum
extrusion on the rear of the hardtop. This drawing is for a BN6 & BN7 only. In
theory, the hardtop sits on or is supported by the thick neoprene pads. These
pads do not extend all the way around the rear of the hard top. There are two
pads & they are only Approximately 6" -8" long and are located near the two
hardtop locating pins. On BN6 & BN7 hardtops there is an inside & an outside
weather seal (as shown on the attached drawing) that extends all the way
around the back of the hardtop & is visible from both the inside & outside.
They fill the gap between the shroud & the aluminum hardtop extrusion, but are
not intended to support the weight of the top. The BN4, BT7 hardtop is
similar, except instead a separate inside & outside seal they only have one
seal which is "U" shaped. I believe the outside flap of the "U" is longer than
the inside flap of the "U". I also believe that the flaps are visible on the
outside & inside of the BN4 & BT7.Also, the parts book does provide some
clarity to this.
Trying to describe this has convinced me that I would not make it as a
technical writer.
Yes, I know the drawing was stripped from the list.
Gary Hodson







-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Treen <btreen at telus.net>
To: healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sun, Aug 7, 2011 1:46 pm
Subject: [Healeys] Factory Hardtop


Hi:
Like Gergo, I too am a bit unsure how the seals go together.  I have all the
its from Bill Boulton, and his instruction sheet.  But after looking closely
t all the photos of installed hardtops I could find, it seems that they
iffer from what I understand is the correct procedure.  Most photos seem to
how a seal resting on the rear cowl visible on the OUTSIDE of the Hardtop.
he instructions seem to show the seals hidden on the inside of the hardtops
luminum extrusion so that the seals would rest on the cowl with the extrusion
itting around the cowl with no seals visible from the outside.
If anyone has experience in installing new seals, I would appreciate your
dvice before I start gluing.

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