RE: Hard Top

["Tink, Brian@CBR BSAV Mail" <Brian.Tink@domain.elided>]

Gents

I recall seeing a hard top somewhere where they had inserted 2 separate
"moon" roofs   that is one each side of the t-bar.  These were the glass
panelled flip up types, not roll back etc.

Keep Staggering

Brian
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From: Dave Biggs on 13, Jan 1998 12:23 AM
Subject: Re: Hard Top
To: Stag Owners Club


Louis Mehr wrote:
>
> Good Morning All,
>
> 1/ Last weekend I bought a fairly scruffy hardtop.  It's in primer and
the 
headlining is shot.
> However, the top  makes  a  huge difference when driving the car.   Up
to 
now I relied on my disintegrating soft top only in emergencies - it was
so 
bad that it only went up in the rain.
> At last I can turn around and see out of the rear quarters and no
longer 
are my ears cold - but I can't see the sky above.
> It occurred to me that the best of both worlds for the British climate
may 
be a hard top with a full length sunroof.
> Has anyone fitted a sunroof to a hardtop - full length, canvas,
electric 
 or otherwise ?
> What scrap vehicle would be a suitable donor for a sunroof - is this
viable 
?
> Are there any articles on this subject in circulation ?
>
> 2/  The power steering fluid level seems to need topping up after
every 
couple of journeys - there are no obvious leaks.  Is this normal ?
>
> 3/ I think the carbs are running rich.   Is home tuning a bad idea ?
I 
have a CO meter and flowmeter  which I used on my old Spitfire.  I
bought the 
service your Stag video but the issue of setting up the carbs is
dismissed 
with the statement "take it to a specialist"
>
> 4/ How noisy should the overdrive gearbox be ?  There is some whine
which 
is quite annoying.  Is this usual ?

Louis,

1)If you cut a big hole in the hard top for a sunroof, I think that it
would be left too weak and would fold in two ! A normal size sunroof may
be feasable but I have never seen one.

2)You shouldn't have to keep topping up the PAS fluid, it must be going
somewhere !

3)You will need the mixture adjustment tool for adjusting the Strombergs
but apart from that it sounds like you have all the necessary equipment
to do it yourself.
The Operations and Maintenance Manual gives a procedure for doing it.
I would certainly have a go but it may be worth recording the current
mixture screw settings just in case !
Also check that both exhausts have similar CO readings. I know that they
are connected together by a balance pipe but I suspect that there is not
much mixing of gases between them.

4)The gearboxes are usually fairly quiet - assuming you've got the
correct oil in it, you may have a bearing on the way out. Is the noise
the same in all gears and neutral ?

Regards,

Dave.
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