crashpad, rear light, grille concerns

[jjbunn]

Here are some little niggles that are bothering me, and which I'd welcome comments about.

1) This is a new dashboard top/crashpad. I replaced the windscreen to body seal, and tightened everything down. There are three tabs on the screen that bolt to the dash, through the crashpad. I'm finding that the tabs bite into the crashpad and distort it somewhat. Not enough to cut the vinyl, but it doesn't look right. What am I missing?

2) Here is a view of the left hand rear light cluster. The seal doesn't really do its job, and there is a visible gap through which water could enter into the trunk. Perhaps the body panels are out of true. What should I do to seal this up?

3) Here's a view of the front grille aperture. It looks like the bottom edge has been repaired at some point, and there are pieces broken off around the bottom row of holes that the grille screw posts feed through. When fitting the grille, the metal fins tend to rub against the edges of the aperture, scuffing and chipping the paint. I know that if I repair and tidy up the aperture edge I'm just going to scuff it up again when I refit the grille /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif Anyone else have this problem? (In the photo you can also see a pair of holes that I think may have been used to mount foglamps at some point.)

 

[DNK]

3) Here's a view of the front grille aperture. It looks like the bottom edge has been repaired at some point, and there are pieces broken off around the bottom row of holes that the grille screw posts feed through. When fitting the grille, the metal fins tend to rub against the edges of the aperture, scuffing and chipping the paint. I know that if I repair and tidy up the aperture edge I'm just going to scuff it up again when I refit the grille /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif Anyone else have this problem? (In the photo you can also see a pair of holes that I think may have been used to mount foglamps at some point.)

If you have disassembled the grill try turning it around. After I removed and took it apart to powder coat it and then put it together I had installed the Cloisone upside down.

 

[TR6oldtimer]

Crashpad is normal, here is a shot of a '73. Notice the tonneau snap posts.



Front valence looks to have had a lot of body filler applied to it. Again a shot of a '73



That rear area looks not well fitted. It should be flush or fairly so. You do have some adjustment that can be done when fitting the tail light assembly than might compress the gasket more then is showing. You might want to consider using some Dumdum along with the gasket to achieve a better seal.

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[Guest]

2) Here is a view of the left hand rear light cluster. The seal doesn't really do its job, and there is a visible gap through which water could enter into the trunk. Perhaps the body panels are out of true. What should I do to seal this up?

The tail light assembly will suck up better than that but you have to tighten the side and the back bolts up in increments, alternating a little at a time. Eventually the whole assembly will come forward and inward. Unfortunately, you will end up putting more torque on each bolt than you think necessary, a little scary for a part that is no longer available anywhere.

 

[poolboy]

Julian, it may have been hard to see on the photo above but under each of the crashpad nuts(and tab) are usually "fixing plates" that have the male part of the "lift the dot" fasteners for a tonneau. The middle one has 2 fastners and the others, just 1. The fixing plates are wide and distribute the pressure of the nuts to a greater area.
Victoria British parts # 9-8185 and 9-8184.

 

[jjbunn]

If you have disassembled the grill try turning it around. After I removed and took it apart to powder coat it and then put it together I had installed the Cloisone upside down.

That sounds promising: I have indeed disassembled it! I will check ... Thanks.

 

[jjbunn]

Crashpad is normal, here is a shot of a '73. Notice the tonneau snap posts.

I certainly don't have any of the snap posts ... were they optional or always fitted?

 

[jjbunn]

Thanks poolboy ... looks like I need to buy, beg, steal or borrow some of those tonneau snap posts!