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Yes.... Neither of the 2 sets of seals, and they were different to each other, had any way of filling or covering those 'slots' at each end of the door. I also had to trim a small amount off lengthwise along the 1/4light part, just so it looked a bit neater against the 1/4light. Yes, VERY tight in between.... The last clip I have is just before the 1/4light as couldn't get another one on. When I wash the GT, you can see the water pours down these 'slots' and into the door - which is not ideal to say the least, hence why I waxed the inside and the mechanism in there to death, and made sure the water is free to flow out the bottom. Could use clear sealant I suppose, but far from ideal.
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Yes.... Neither of the 2 sets of seals, and they were different to each other, had any way of filling or covering those 'slots' at each end of the door. I also had to trim a small amount off lengthwise along the 1/4light part, just so it looked a bit neater against the 1/4light. Yes, VERY tight in between.... The last clip I have is just before the 1/4light as couldn't get another one on. When I wash the GT, you can see the water pours down these 'slots' and into the door - which is not ideal to say the least, hence why I waxed the inside and the mechanism in there to death, and made sure the water is free to flow out the bottom. Could use clear sealant I suppose, but far from ideal.
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The rubber strip which points down inside the door should have moulded rectangular depressions (the rubber strip is thinner) at about 5 or 6 places equally spaced along its length - makes it a bit easier 🤔 to get the clips on. I think the only thing that 'fitted straight on' on my build were the wheels 😀 PS - I am most definitely not taking one of the seals off to show the moulded depressions
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The rubber strip which points down inside the door should have moulded rectangular depressions (the rubber strip is thinner) at about 5 or 6 places equally spaced along its length - makes it a bit easier 🤔 to get the clips on. I think the only thing that 'fitted straight on' on my build were the wheels 😀 PS - I am most definitely not taking one of the seals off to show the moulded depressions
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First set i got came from 'the brothers' - I wasn't sure of them comparing against the old ones, so ordered a set from CC's....which were more like the old ones and the inner ones were nice and velour like. Both the sets had moulded depressions for where the clips go... I did have to do a bit of minor trimming around the 1/4light, and both ends have a 'hole' which the seals will never cover or seal..... I have just made sure rain / water can escape easily at the bottom and the insides of the door were waxed to death. I might do them again sometime, see if can get it better, but they will do for now Top tip - dont use your 3/8ths ratchet handle to apply downward force on the seal whilst pulling up with the tool........you end up with a 3 inch gouge in your door paint 🤔
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First set i got came from 'the brothers' - I wasn't sure of them comparing against the old ones, so ordered a set from CC's....which were more like the old ones and the inner ones were nice and velour like. Both the sets had moulded depressions for where the clips go... I did have to do a bit of minor trimming around the 1/4light, and both ends have a 'hole' which the seals will never cover or seal..... I have just made sure rain / water can escape easily at the bottom and the insides of the door were waxed to death. I might do them again sometime, see if can get it better, but they will do for now Top tip - dont use your 3/8ths ratchet handle to apply downward force on the seal whilst pulling up with the tool........you end up with a 3 inch gouge in your door paint 🤔
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As sparky suggests, if you have not tried manually adjusting (rotating) the dizzy, then absolutely try this - I suspect closer to 10 or so degrees. Sounds like cam is adjusted pretty well, but I'm no expert here 😀
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Liking that Nick - Idea of 'live' and 'switched' bussbars 😎 Could be the distant notions of an upgrade to mine on the horizon
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Vehicle wiring products - they have good stuff Car builder solutions Ebay - generally find the same stuff cheaper I have 2 identical 'marine' spec fuse boxes from 2 different sources at 2 very different prices - and they are identical....same code numbers on them etc... Recommend swapping out for upgrade to blade fuses and increase the number of fused circuits. I have seen some neat internal upgrades on here, as well as in the standard location - which is what I opted for.
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How does the mis-fire behave - Does it get worse with higher revs or load..? Fuel flow...? Carbs adjusted..? Is cam a tooth or two out..? Is the spark good from dizzy to all plugs..? Free air flow..? When I rebuilt my engine, I pretty much had the same stuff done - pistons/rings/crank/cam/dizzy/carbs(SU's)/all elec side etc... My mistake was the camshaft - I fitted a uprated fast road one, but in my haste putting things back together, I neglected the need for it to be positioned differently and clearances etc... Needless to say it ran awful to begin with, but once run through all the scenarios etc.. and realised, adjusted it, and it ran sweet 😎 Stick with it, these things end up being something pretty simple that we over look - Keep the updates coming, someone here, if not you will get it 🙂
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Had the pleasure of a quick nosey on saturday at a MK2 which had a very nice install of a Rover V8 mated to a LT77. Phone was not available for photos.....maybe next time. It was all very nicely done - no chassis mods or any other external mods to give it away......only when the key was turned 😎
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Concur with Dannyb Off Side Side+dipped
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Mine sounds similar to JB's - Just got the one support member which bolts to welded brackets with captive (welded) nuts...and looks very factory...