[TR] New tool.

[Bud R]

This is exactly why I love this list. Thanks Tom.

Nothing like the Borg to produce an elegant solution. I've come to  
depend on it.


Bud Rolofson

Extreme Parts Racing (more than just a haircut)
71 Spitfire MK IV Race Car #3
71TR6 CC57365 (Good 6)
93 Minnie Winnie Race Support Vehicle
77 Z-50A Hardly Davidson Honda Mini-Trail Bike (Triumph Pit Bike)









On Oct 14, 2013, at 5:10 PM, tom white wrote:

> If you have lift the dot snaps that are really difficult to snap  
> over their
> posts you may like this.
>
> I am fitting a new tonneau to my TR3A.  I am fitting it fairly tight  
> as it is
> not as generous with material as the last one.  Added to the  
> difference in
> size is the fact that my my hands and forearms do not have the  
> strength they
> had a few years ago.
>
> So with necessity as the mother of invention I made a tool to help  
> with the
> difficult lift the dot snaps.  I took a length of 3/16 steel brake/ 
> fuel line
> and bent loops in one end to make a handle witha 8" - 10" shaft  
> protruding
> from the center of the handle.  Then I ground away half of the tube  
> for the
> first half inch of the shaft.  This leaves a half inch concave area  
> at the end
> of the shaft.
>
> To use the tool I push the shaft through the lift the dot snap that is
> difficult to position.  I place the concave end of the shaft on the  
> post I
> want the snap to attach to.  Then I gently move the handle of the  
> tool in the
> direction of the post. The lift the dot snap will move down the  
> shaft as it
> moves closer to the post.   When I can see the top of the post  
> through the
> hole in the snap I press hard on the snap and withdraw the tool.   
> The snap
> then seats on  and engages the post.
>
> Best regards,
> Tom
>
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