[Staowners] GROMMETS

[Mal Clark]

Hi George, sounds like your tank is misplaced,as it should centre in its 
hole as well as the side breather pipe,which creates the pear shaped hole in 
the trunk floor,over which the grommet sits although the original and Bobs 
repro grommets sit on top of the trunk floor,no groove,so they still have to 
be glued in place,I would use a Neoprene such as Sikaflex,rather than glue, 
this dries like rubber, Bob Stewart does also have the "oval" gromments 
which fit each side of the engine bay above the top door hinge, these 
grommets are extremely inportant,to eliminate engine noise,and more 
importantly to eliminate fumes from the engine bay,alot of people would be 
unaware of these grommets,as they are out of sight, a few people Bob has 
supplied these to have wondered why they could smell oil and fuel fumes 
inside their car, originally these grommets were flat pieces of rubber,with 
one upturned edge thar was glued to the surrounding metal,most are long gone 
from their car,Bobs replacements are a bung design which fit snuggly into 
the hole as it would be almost impossible to glue and fix in place with one 
hand,thats all you can get into the area of these grommets, at least with 
his bung design grommet you can manipulate them into position, good luck Mal 
Clark










----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Simpson" <george.simpson at neuf.fr>
To: <shadow74 at bigpond.com>
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 9:05 PM
Subject: GROMMETS


> Thanks Mal - this morning I 'bailed out' the boot and looked more 
> carefully at what goes on. When they refitted the tank  two months ago 
> after cutting it in half and sandblasting the interior, the top grommet 
> was incorrectly fitted so I used a little neoprene glue last Friday to 
> ensured the groove stayed properly engaged all the way around - it was 
> working loose and rattling.
>
> Looking at where the trunk grommet goes, I see a problem. The pipe does 
> not have a regular gap around it as it passes through the floor - in fact 
> it touches the floor on one side. Perhaps I could slacked off the tank 
> supports a little and try for a better (more regular) fit before putting 
> in the grommet otherwise the groove is going to get cut.
>
> I think that I will also buy a strip of the rubber seal which goes under 
> the windscreen - in yesterday's rain, nothing came in through the top of 
> the screen but it did come in under the centre of the screen. I also need 
> two round grommets in the floor of the trunk - the holes are 3cm diam. and 
> are directly under the lower boot lid hinge supports. While I'm buying, I 
> will also get the two "oval" grommets which go each side in the corners of 
> the engine compartment.
>
> I've always admired the simple chrome rim embellishers (mine's a Mk 1) - 
> not the ones you are after - so perhaps John Badger has a source for them.
>
> All the best
>
> George
>