[Healeys] Tonneau fastners

[Earl Kagna]

Two things can cause this:  The Tenax fastener on the tonneau itself may be 
broken - look inside and work the button.  The should be 3 'flutes' - very 
often one breaks off (or bends inward) and the fastener won't hold properly 
on the stud.  Simply replace the fastener to fix this and see what happens. 
If that doesn't do it, the ball part of the stud is worn - like on my 
tri-carb, and needs to be replaced.  It's a special long threaded stud 
(Tenax) - available at BCS, like Ira said, and probably other Healey 
suppliers as well.  It should thread into a captive nut welded onto the 
underside of the dash, so no nut needed.  If your dash nut has been damaged, 
it's a common thread size - 10/32 if I remember correctly. Should be widely 
available.

Earl Kagna
Victoria, B.C.
BJ8, BT7 tri-carb


-----Original Message----- 
From: rkeysor
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 9:47 AM
To: Healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] Tonneau fastners

I suppose I'm not alone on having the tonneau fastener next to the mirror
disgorging itself when I tried to secure the right side of the tonneau while
driving.  My first attempt to fix this by refastening the screw-threaded
fastener failed.  I choose my words carefully, as I want to buy a longer bit
that is threaded and takes a nut, and I don't know whether to buy the Tenax
stud with nut or the Liftadot stud with nut. These are AH Spares 
descriptions.
I think I want the latter.