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Did you fit the narrow end rivet, or previous owner? If that rivet was allready there, then the PO must have fitted a non factory strip that did not have the tapered end. If you intend to use the strip as in your pic, then that rivet will have to be removed. Is there any length left on the brass pole?

I can lift my own hard top up into the rafters of the garage, where it lives. Under 20 kg I expect.

I'm about to fit an Anti Run-on Valve to a TR4A can anyone supply fitting instructions. Thanks

Yes, I have ordered in these circumstances in the past and the sale price was honoured when the item came back into stock.

Sorry, Rob!

Now that looks like a plan Roger. Thanks Dave

I'm a Le Mans driver, me! of the team buggy that is! John

Looks like on your photo the retaining post has been ground down if it doesn't line up with any of the clip holes the door has been drilled wrong and as you say just stuck down with mastic Dale

Attached shot from Revingtons shows the trim piece and the push in retaining bush, which are similar (maybe the same ) as the bushes that hold the lettering to the bonnet It's 25 yrs since I fitted mine and if I remember I wasn't happy with the plastic bushes anyway. I never used them on the bonnet letters opting for spire nuts I may have used spire nuts for the door strip as well The door card has to come off to attach the spire nuts, not so for the plastic bushes. Are you sure the holes in the door are drilled in the correct place? Dale

I used a toothbrush to get into all of the awkward parts:

I'm not looking to buy one. I'm building a pully system so I can store mine in my garage roof space. Just a bit conscious of it's weight that's all. I don't want it crashing to earth, especially with the 3a under it. Thanks for your reply anyway. Bev

No but I have one to sell

Indeed! And if you order stuff that is on back order do you still get the price advertised? I was in commerce for 42 years all over the world and have seen and heard many things. I have yet to understand the Moss commercial policy. Maybe I have got too old... james

Hi, does anyone out there know the weight of a TR3a metal factory hardtop please.

On the first photo my finger is where the profile changes. Item 163 comes as a pair one for each door. With the profile changing how does the plastic press in bush work and do I need to take off the door card? Again on the photo with my finger there is a brass nipple the does not align with the plastic bush. This area to the narrow end was filled with a non setting adhesive can you recommend a non setting adhesive? All the poles look the same to me so I confused how this pole at the narrow end is different.

I have 185/70 tyres, and the diameter works out about the same as a 165/80. I would think that a 185/65 is not that much smaller, hardly worth the bother of changing speedo gearing, and if the speedo reads slightly higher than actual that is probably a good thing. Ralph

Moss say it is a clearance sale but then say that some items are on back order. Why order in parts when one is trying to get rid of stock !!! Roger

Thanks John. I appreciate the reply and commentary. I'll try altering/repairing the old one. Thanks for the welcome as well. I've had my TR4A for about 5 months now and it is a lot better than I expected it to be (my first British car). A real pleasure to drive.

Interesting to see how cheap a lot of stuff is, the Mazda conversion kit is still listed ATM. Stuart.

When I ran 195/65s on my TR250 with 3.45:1 differential they left 1/2" of tread aloft at the edges inflated to 25 psi. This can be seen by painting a stripe across the tread and rolling the car on a smooth surface. IIRC the original 165s were supposed to be inflated to 24/26 psi. A friend in his 9th decade with several modified TR6s runs 215s - inflated to 15 psi. The above size is already smaller in diameter than the 165-15 originals so 60 profile will be even smaller. Not that anyone cares about the speedometer accuracy but your petrol mileage will be exaggerated as well as the speed. I know it depends on the overall tyre design; I run 185/70 XWXs on my driver now ( once a 186mph tyre ) and the first set wore the edges a bit early; I inflate these to 27/30 now but haven't done the stripe test. Tom

Colin as I said mine was on a 4 mechanical pump Have just had to deal with a 6 the issue was the same and the gasket in the mechanical pump different pump to the 4 but same failure Roy

Well buy them from TR Shop instead. Stuart.

I'm sure mine is the plastic bush fitting Dale