[TR] Hood liner and Really Really Dumb

[fred thomas]

Bob, your post has I'm sure made most of the list members laugh out loud, 
not sure if it was because it's funnie or if all of us remember doing 
similar stunts just that your posting for the world to see, good seeing you 
and the wife again after so many years, glad both are safely home.  "FT"
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Danielson" <75TR6 at tr6.danielsonfamily.org>
To: "'Triumph Sports car discussion'" <triumphs at autox.team.net>; 
<6pack at autox.team.net>
Cc: <info at 928leathershop.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 7:44 PM
Subject: [TR] Hood liner and Really Really Dumb


> OK, so I installed the hood liner
> (http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org/HoodLiner.htm) a few months ago and it 
> fell
> off because I used the wrong adhesive but Bob Budd sent me a new one at no
> cost. Great customer service. Reinstall it with the correct adhesive and
> it's stuck there forever now. So last week before leaving VTR for the 
> drive
> home I check the oil, it's down a smidge and I've got a smidge in one
> bottle. Top it off, check the level, toss the bottle out and close the 
> hood.
> Drive for 2 hours up the Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Pkwy and 
> stop
> for a break at a rest area. Pop the hood to check on a small coolant leak 
> I
> developed and...........What the @$%#....there's oil everywhere.....the 
> hood
> liner is covered, as is the engine bay.........and there sitting on the
> battery is the oil filler cap smiling at me. What a mess. What a dummy.
> Luckily it was all splatter and no quantity lost as I didn't even have to
> add any oil. Anyhow, yesterday I cleaned the engine bay and took the old
> hood liner that fell off and covered a 10" circle with oil and let it sit
> overnight. Today I hit the spot with "Greased Lighting", wiped it up, 
> rinsed
> with water and there's absolutely no evidence of oil. So I did the same 
> with
> the liner on the car and it came out looking like new. I couldn't believe
> it. Bob states on his site that they WILL NOT absorb oil and they won't.
> Even the logo looks great.
>
> My wife's only comment was...."at least it didn't happen on the way TO the
> VTR Convention" :-)
>
> Bob Danielson
> 1975 TR6 CF38503U
> Running w/ Throttle Body Injection
> http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org
>
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