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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Simon, Gary expressed exactly what I went through, but more succinctly!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I attached some photos including one of my old seal, which I believe to be original, and the seal that I eventually used after a few trials with different thicknesses. As I noted in our off-line thread, Martin MacGregor at MacGregor British Car Parts is an excellent source of all trimming material for English cars (amazing selection of trim fasteners too!). He is in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. <a href="http://www.macgregorukcarpets.com">www.macgregorukcarpets.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I attached a few photos of what I used. I found ¾” wide by 3/16” thick perfect, but as with a lot of Healey details each car is different.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Cheers, Mirek<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>warthodson--- via Healeys<br><b>Sent:</b> April 29, 2023 10:39 AM<br><b>To:</b> bspidell@comcast.net; healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Slight leak at hood<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>I would use the thinnest compressible insulation you can find. Remember, it will need to be compressed the full length of the windscreen by the 2 latches at each end. If it is too thick you will have difficulty getting the catches closed & saying closed. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>Gary Hodson <br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Bob Spidell <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net">bspidell@comcast.net</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br>Sent: Fri, Apr 28, 2023 6:51 pm<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Slight leak at hood<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=yiv8152911918><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>There are numerous types of weatherstripping available at your local Home Depot equivalent. They work well; I recommend the 'closed cell' variety and they come in various thicknesses.<br><br><a href="https://www.homedepot.com/p/Frost-King-3-4-in-x-7-16-in-x-10-ft-Black-High-Density-Rubber-Foam-Weatherstrip-Tape-R734H/100047977" target="_blank">https://www.homedepot.com/p/Frost-King-3-4-in-x-7-16-in-x-10-ft-Black-High-Density-Rubber-Foam-Weatherstrip-Tape-R734H/100047977</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=yiv8152911918yqtfd80650><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>On 4/28/2023 11:19 AM, Simon Lachlan via Healeys wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div id=yiv8152911918yqtfd13732><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Thank you for this. Actually, rather less helpful that most of your other offerings.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> Healeys <a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank"><healeys-bounces@autox.team.net></a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kees Oudesluijs via Healeys<br><b>Sent:</b> 28 April 2023 16:14<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Slight leak at hood</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>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.<br>Kees Oudesluijs<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Op 28-4-2023 om 16:01 schreef m.g.sharp--- via Healeys:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>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).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Good luck.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> Healeys <a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank"><healeys-bounces@autox.team.net></a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Simon Lachlan via Healeys<br><b>Sent:</b> April 28, 2023 8:18 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Healeys' <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank"><healeys@autox.team.net></a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Slight leak at hood</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I was driving home the other night in my BT7 when it started to rain…nothing much, a heavy drizzle.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>No great worries….I try to avoid rain, but it’s more or less inevitable in SW UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>It was only in one spot…running down the windscreen right in my direct line of sight. Typical.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I’m sure this is a regular occurrence; they were probably issued with leaks at the factory.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>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….?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>In the past, anticipating a long drive in the rain, I’ve taped it up. Works a treat.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Simon <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div id=yqtfd70258><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>_______________________________________________<br>Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive/healeys</a><br><br><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/warthodson@aol.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/warthodson@aol.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>