[Tigers] Hart Top and weather stripping Q's

[Ron Fraser]

Mayf

                It’s been a long time since I worked on a hardtop.  I just
got my hardtop together and on the Tiger for SUNI, Big Sky trip.

 

I don’t remember using soap or any lube to get the weather strip in place –
maybe you should try that next.   Seems to me there were some variables with
the “C” channel that made things difficult too.

 

I may have opened the curl of the “C” channel some to make it easier to get
the weather strip in place.

 

I do remember having a problem with the corner pieces.   I think part of the
problem was the metal retainer plates were in bad shape and I also believe
there was a fitment problem and hole alignment problem like you have.  I
made new retainer plates with matching hole alignment for the hardtop; that
got the corner pieces in place correctly.

 

Hope this helps

 

Ron Fraser

 

 

 

From: Tigers [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Larry
Mayfield via Tigers
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 10:32 AM
To: Tiger List <tigers at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Tigers] Hart Top and weather stripping Q's

 

Ok, so I am coming down the home stretch to getting my car back on the road.
Down to a million things left to do. One is reassembling the hard top. And
that includes the weather stripping at the case between the B pillar and the
back where the top meets hinge coupling on trunk. Folks, that big tough
weather stripping is just plain tough to install in the small retainers. So
I must be doing something wrong. I cannot imagine installing these pieces on
an assembly line! My process is to soap everything down so that it is
slippery, then put one edge into the “c channel” and use, currently,
popsicle sticks to push the other side on the weather stripping into the c
channel. But I gotta tell ya, I must be using the wrong tool, lol or not
saying enough bad words or something.  This is way harder than it should be.
What am I doing wrong? The ones around the doors and windows are stuffed
with soft foam weather stripping and are reasonably easy to do , but that
hard top uses all hard rubber. 

 

Any comment or suggestions out there. 

Headed out in a few minutes to begin round 10 and I am nearly down for the
count
.

 

Oh, and another issue is the corner rubber pieces., They do not fit very
well. Will they assume proper shape when installed and the on the car? Or
should I make them fit beforehand They just do not fit that odd shape well
using the holes and metal retainer plate. If placed into what looks to be a
better fit, the body holes and rubber holes are off by more than ½ inch.  

 

More comment? 

 

Regardless of what you might think, I do appreciate you help and comments!

mayf

 

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