Post PhotoBucket Reboot from September 2013................
Mr Bumble is a chafer..........
My Roadster only chafes at the bonnet corners, and neoprene has fixed that. The Roadster doors don't chafe anywhere.
Chafing doors are common. I know that because several of the pride of ownership cars at Canterbury had chafed door frames.
Mr Bumble is well chafed around the doors and bonnet. The worst bonnet chafe is the nearside bulkhead, which is quite deep. I've realigned the bonnet catch to improve matters. Remove-put in vice-apply violence-refit and test.
The doors have chafed along the bottom edge, wearing the paint on the door and the body, and the nearside scuttle, and slight wear on the B posts. The hinges on the nearside tightened a quarter turn. The wing securing allen headed bolts, visible when you lift the bonnet almost all tightened a quarter turn, and the nearside rear bonnet catch was 'loose'. So it's worth checking. I would be very disappointed if my new Mog chafed like this, but it's nothing a collection of neoprene can't fix, and photos will follow when I get the time. At present I'm 'busy' in the garage!!!!!!!!
The other issue is that there are two pinch points where hoses rub on the hardware, and this has already been raised on TM. The hose on the nearside which passes over the alternator is too tight and rubs on the alloy. Similarly, one of the heater hoses does the same on the edge of the bulkhead. Both fixed with neoprene pads, and photos will follow.
Crikey I'm enjoying this.
Does anybody know the paint code for Sport Yellow?
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It's already been discussed on TM that some of the Plus 4 hose are tight and may rub on the hardware.
Here's one - tight against the alternator bracket. I've squeezed a rubber buffer in the gap for now but this needs a better hose for clearance:
This is where the T piece taps on the bukhead, easily fixed with a neoprene pad. In 2016 the factory do this mod!
And here the heater hose passes over the bulkhead corner, again fixed with a neoprene pad.
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Rusty door hinge allen screw heads?
Clean as best you can, then cover with screw caps:
The nearside hinge screws tightened a fraction.
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Here he is in dry dock..........Slight pun intended.
More to follow tomorrow.
By the way, the gearbox has an external slave cylinder, and is canted over to the nearside. The level plug is on the nearside so is lower than it would be if level. so to refill the gearbox will need the car to be higher on the nearside to get the right level. It also has an old fashioned square plug............
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More to follow...........................
