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I am in the process of replacing my carpet on my 60 BT7 and have run into a problem. The Moss kit I purchased has me perplexed. No instructions come with the set so this does not help. The old carpet has one piece covering the drive shaft form the front to the back seats. There is a cut out for the gear shaft and the front and rear of the carpet is bound. The center armrest is sewn to the carpet.

On the Moss replacement, 2 pieces now go over the driveshaft. Bothe are bound front and rear of each piece. The problem now is the armrest must now straddle both pieces of carpet.....right over the bound front edge of the rear piece. This does not make sense. It not only looks odd, but I would have to sew the armrest across 2 seperate pieces of rug. Any suggestions?
 
The carpet is made in two pieces so that the transmission cover may be removed for service access. It will make sense soon. The rear piece stays fixed to the tunnel while the front piece is removable via snaps. --elrey
 
Rick G said:
I am in the process of replacing my carpet on my 60 BT7 and have run into a problem. The Moss kit I purchased has me perplexed. No instructions come with the set so this does not help. The old carpet has one piece covering the drive shaft form the front to the back seats.

YEP THAT IS HOW IT WAS DONE


There is a cut out for the gear shaft and the front and rear of the carpet is bound. The center armrest is sewn to the carpet.

On the Moss replacement, 2 pieces now go over the drive shaft. Both are bound front and rear of each piece.--Yep they think they are improving things--- :laugh:


The problem now is the armrest must now straddle both pieces of carpet.....right over the bound front edge of the rear piece. This does not make sense.

Nope sure don't:
It should "Straddle over the top of the bound rear edge of the front piece.
So just sew it to the front piece then as an assembly it can be easily removed.


It not only looks odd, but I would have to sew the armrest across 2 separate pieces of rug. Any suggestions?

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Please see the suggestions above--Keoke- :laugh:
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:wall: This is a bone of contention for me too. I used to own a BN4 when it was only 17 years old and the carpets were original. The tunnel was a two piece, each piece was clipped down to the underlying metal parts with those button carpet clips, two each side. The Leather arm rest over the top may not have been original for the car as it looked like the ones for the BN1 an 2 but that was clipped down too, so it was all easy to remove. The BJ7 I now have has a one piece tunnel cover that looks like a bag - terrible. So I will be looking for a two piece resolution and a methodology of positioning/locating the correct arm rest on top. I am almost sure that I have seen a BJ7 with a two piece tunnel carpet, so must check that out.

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I am almost sure that I have seen a BJ7 with a two piece tunnel carpet, so must check that out.

Yep most of the newer replacement carpets are of the Two piece design. One of my BJ8s has the two piece and one has the one piece. The one piece is a bugger when you just want to remove the tranny.---Keoke
 
The centre shift BJ7 carpet was always a one piece with darts to try to help over the many lumps and bumps of the fibreglass centre shift gearbox cover. The arm rest is sewn to that.
How often do you guys have to take the gearbox out? If you do, the seats have to come out anyway, so what's the difficulty with unsnapping the hold down carpet snaps along the lower sides of the gearbox cover and tunnel carpet and getting the whole thing out of harm's way?
 
richch said:
The centre shift BJ7 carpet was always a one piece with darts to try to help over the many lumps and bumps of the fibreglass centre shift gearbox cover. The arm rest is sewn to that.
How often do you guys have to take the gearbox out?

Until we get everything right!!.

If you do, the seats have to come out anyway,- :shocked:

Naa Rich just the passenger seat and that side of the carpet need to be removed.

Cover the exposed items with heavy cardboard and zip it's out--Keoke-- :laugh:



so what's the difficulty with unsnapping the hold down carpet snaps along the lower sides of the gearbox cover and tunnel carpet and getting the whole thing out of harm's way?
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richch said:
The centre shift BJ7 carpet was always a one piece with darts to try to help over the many lumps and bumps of the fibreglass centre shift gearbox cover. The arm rest is sewn to that. <span style="color: #FF0000">Are you sure? I've definitley seen a BJ7, said to be 100% original with a two piece cover. </span>
How often do you guys have to take the gearbox out?<span style="color: #FF0000"> Very rarely, but you take the carpet off once a year if you change your gear box oil regularly and for any other ailments gear box related </span>
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How often do you guys have to take the gearbox out?[color:#FF0000] Very rarely,

but you take the carpet off every three thousand miles or at least once a year if you change your gear box oil regularly and for any other ailments gear box related



OH I forgot about that and if you have a BJ8 it is areal PITB---Keoke-- :yesnod:
 
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Get rid of it John. Use sealed universal joints--- :banana:



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John Turney said:
There is still the one for the driveshaft splines.

OK!! I am gonna tell you one more secret: Take that drive shaft spline assembly apart. Clean it up good. Make a new cork gasket if it needs it. Liberally coat all the mating parts with Copa-Slip and reassemble. Screw the cap down tight en you wont need to do no more greasin..Keoke--- :laugh:






Besides, the old ones aren't worn out yet.
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Keoke said:
John Turney said:
There is still the one for the driveshaft splines.

OK!! I am gonna tell you one more secret: Take that drive shaft spline assembly apart. Clean it up good. Make a new cork gasket if it needs it. Liberally coat all the mating parts with Copa-Slip and reassemble. Screw the cap down tight en you wont need to do no more greasin..Keoke--- :laugh:






Besides, the old ones aren't worn out yet.
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Thanks! Since I just greased it a couple of weeks ago, that one will wait until next year.
 
Let me see if the two materials are of the same base components. No they are not

So I do not think so because that material is primarily made for electrical applications where the copper granules tend to preserve conductivity between electrical interfaces.--Fwiw-Keoke
 
Keoke said:
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Get rid of it John. Use sealed universal joints--- :banana:



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Use sealed U-Joints??? Whats going to keep the rust in check if you stop slinging grease under the car??
Patrick
 
That is an exercise left for the student.-- :wink:
 
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