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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The “Warm Day” issue only has to do with
getting the top taut. Doing the initial installation on a cool day will get it
up but when the weather gets very warm (or hot) the top will not be taut.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>(Carrying on the rant)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Triumphs
[mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Dave<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, December 31, 2016
9:41 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> triumphs@autox.team.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [TR] TR4A Soft Top
Installation</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>do it on a warm sunny day<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>This is a recipe for setting the top too
tight to erect on a cool day - when you really need to. This is one of my
pet peeves. Folks say you must wait for a warm, sunny day to put the top
up. I say no, you need to be able to put it up when you NEED to put it
up, such as when you are on a fall color tour drive and the clouds roll in and
it starts to rain. I had a top installed one spring (cool weather) and it
fit just fine and it went up regardless of the weather.<br>
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<<Rant mode off>><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Dave
Massey<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: glemon <glemon@neb.rr.com><br>
To: john-marie <john-marie@sbcglobal.net>;
<triumphs@autox.team.net> <triumphs@autox.team.net><br>
Sent: Fri, Dec 30, 2016 2:59 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [TR] TR4A Soft Top Installation<br>
<br>
I am not an expert either, but used the information on the buckeye site and VTR
http://vintagetriumphregister.org/maintenance/ (scroll down) to fit my TR250
top and it turned out fine. I actually like the VTR site better for this
particular how to. Basic instructions, do it on a warm sunny day, in the sun,
find the side to side center of the top, start from that center in the back and
work forward. sidewalk chalk is your freind.<br>
<br>
I think the main difference between the 4a and 250/6 top is the velcro seals on
the sides, otherwise pretty similar.<br>
<br>
Greg Lemon<br>
TR250<br>
<br>
---- john-marie@sbcglobal.net wrote: <br>
> Folks,<br>
> Looking for some expertise on this subject. I am beginning to install a
Robins top on my TR4A. The closest instructions I have found was a Buckeye
Triumphs article on installing a soft top on a TR250/TR6. Much of the article
is useful, but not meant for a TR4A. My thoughts for the webbing is to attach
them to the rear retainer bar, bolt the bar to the body and fit the webbing.
Have the old webbing to help locate the frame ribs. Fitting the rear of the top
to the bar, after it's unbolted, seems straight forward. The top has a fold at
the rear that will set the position of the bar and Lift-the-Dot studs. I am
less sure on how to handle the the front. Based on the old top, the front flap
is is folded over the one piece steel channel seal and riveted to the header.
And there is a rubber seal to be attached. Any suggestions on how to do this
and get a tight top will be greatly appreciated. I claim no expertise. Any
comments are welcomed.<br>
> John DeLuca<br>
> <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">St. Louis</st1:place></st1:City><br>
> <br>
> Sent from my iPad<br>
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