[Healeys] Slight leak at hood

[Kees Oudesluijs]

What could you expect from a British soft top? Most of them are crap. 
Remarkable as it often rains in the UK. In Italy where it does rain a 
whole lot less the soft tops from Fiat, Alfa etc. are usually leak proof.
Kees Oudesluijs

Op 28-4-2023 om 16:01 schreef m.g.sharp--- via Healeys:
>
> 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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