Repairing rubber mouldings

[cardiffrob]

after looking at those photos it would be a shame to bodge the rubber fittings with anything, get new replacemets, as the saying goes, dont spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar

Sadly the nearest replacement is pretty much useless since it is so much narrower that it will just act as a water trap rather than a seal. Bleedin' annoying that the Chinese think we'll just put up with such rubbish fits. The same place (ESM) sells new brass screws and screw cups. Don't think I'll bother ordering any. The ones I've got here aren't all that bad. Maybe a previous owner actually had a screwdriver that fitted?

That reminds me, I found an interesting article on the origins of Phillips and Pozidriv. I knew the practical differences but not the detail of the design differences and logic. http://justbrits.com/pozi/pozidriv.html

 

[the snooper]

Sadly the nearest replacement is pretty much useless since it is so much narrower that it will just act as a water trap rather than a seal. Bleedin' annoying that the Chinese think we'll just put up with such rubbish fits. The same place (ESM) sells new brass screws and screw cups. Don't think I'll bother ordering any. The ones I've got here aren't all that bad. Maybe a previous owner actually had a screwdriver that fitted?

That reminds me, I found an interesting article on the origins of Phillips and Pozidriv. I knew the practical differences but not the detail of the design differences and logic. http://justbrits.com/pozi/pozidriv.html

There is a place in hull that has restored these cars for as long as I can remember might be worth giving them a call to see where they get parts from

 

[Robotstar5]

That reminds me, I found an interesting article on the origins of Phillips and Pozidriv. I knew the practical differences but not the detail of the design differences and logic. http://justbrits.com/pozi/pozidriv.html

Then there's JIS head screws which is why Phillips drivers don't always work on Jap motorcycles.