[TR] TR6 Gearbox Cover

[Frank Fisher]

could your "rivet" be the remnants of the carpet hold down snap?
frank

From:
Jeff <fishplate at charter.net>
To: *Triumphs List <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 3:18 PM
Subject: [TR] TR6 Gearbox Cover
Another question regarding TR6 fastener esoterica...

TR6 gearbox cover - I'm
replacing my cardboard mess with a plastic one.  There is a short metal
"bridge" that attaches to the cover to make the seal under the bulging part of
the cover.  You can see the bulge in this photo from Rimmer:
http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-713569PL -- it's on the side, right under
the gear lever hole.

My bridge piece has one hole to align with the cover
hold-down bolt, and two holes in the vertical bit to attach to the cover.  On
the old cover, it looks for all the world like it had one screw and one
rivet.  There's only one spire nut on the piece...and what looks like an old
broken rivet in the cover.  If I took the screw out, I don't remember.

Does
this sound right?  I suppose it doesn't really matter, but I'm curious - if it
uses one screw and one rivet, does that mean my car was assembled after a pub
lunch?

Jeff Scarbrough
Corrosion Acres, Ga.

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