[Healeys] Slight leak at hood

[m.g.sharp at sympatico.ca]

Simon, there should be a rubber seal along the bottom of the top bow that
seals it against the chrome strip of the windscreen frame.  I recently had a
new top installed, but I looked after the seal.  I am not sure what the
original seal looked like, so I got a couple of candidate replacements from
a local English Car trimmer and experimented.  It is tricky, as I found that
most of the seal profiles made is very hard to get the top bow on and
clamped down, but I eventually found a thin, rectangular section seal that
worked.  I have yet to test in the rain, but I have high expectations.

 

Also, make sure the leak is between the top bow and the frame, not between
the frame and the glass.  As tops age they shrink slightly and get very
tight and when up can pull the top frame right off the windshield.  I was
horrified some years ago when I put my old top up, got in the car, and could
see daylight between the glass and the frame!  I took the windshield out,
took it apart and re-assembled with new sealing around the windshield glass
(actually Rich Chrysler did it for me - it is a tricky job).

 

Good luck.

 

From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Simon Lachlan
via Healeys
Sent: April 28, 2023 8:18 AM
To: 'Healeys' <healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Healeys] Slight leak at hood

 

I was driving home the other night in my  BT7 when it started to
rain.nothing much, a heavy drizzle.

No great worries..I try to avoid rain, but it's more or less inevitable in
SW UK.

But what was irritating was that it started to leak after about 10 minutes.
Not a lot, but it would probably have been much worse if the rain had been
much heavier.

It was only in one spot.running down the windscreen right in my direct line
of sight. Typical.

I'm sure this is a regular occurrence; they were probably issued with leaks
at the factory.

How have you guys fixed(?) this? I thought that I had..I cut up an old inner
tube and stuck that to the mating surface of the bow. Now I wonder whether I
should put another piece in where it leaked or would that create a little
raised section and that it would now leak on either side of that..?

In the past, anticipating a long drive in the rain, I've taped it up. Works
a treat.

Thanks,

Simon 

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