[TR] TR3a spare tire lid rubber seal

[wbeech]

I just put mine on last week, with the lip to the inside as the lid did not
seem to want to seat properly with it turned outwards.  Yes, it still stands
away from the body a little but from previous posts I believe this will
'settle in' after a while.

Bill B
'58 TR-3A TS/30766 L
'59 TR-3A TS/64974 LO
"A Triumph is man's best friend, it always comes when it is called...of
course, some times it is difficult to make it go"
 

-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces+wbeech=flash.net at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces+wbeech=flash.net at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jim
Wallace
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 8:43 AM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] TR3a spare tire lid rubber seal

I installed mine with the lip protruding "outwards" i.e. not toward the
opening for the spare tire.
This, by memory as I felt sure I had read to do so on this list. Now, I am
doubting myself - maybe that's the boot seal that has its lip facing
outward?

Anyway on securing the spare tire lid, it was a very, very, tight fit. Maybe
this is because the rubber needs to be compressed for a while, but the
centre of the lid bulges out quite a bit and it's disturbing. I put it on so
that the lip of the rubber is contained within the metal lip on the spare
tire cover. Should I have just let the edge of the rest on the rubber lip,
instead of trying to contain it? It seemed it would be an even tighter fit
this way.

Thanks,
Jim Wallace

PS The lip does go outward on the boot lid seal right?
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