Re: Hard Top

[Dave Biggs <D.Biggs@domain.elided>]

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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