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Restoration / Re: Body Mount Tape - Width
« on: January 21, 2019, 12:29:09 AM »This week I'll remove the shock to closely examine the tape and will post pictures.
Mike
That would be great Mike.
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This week I'll remove the shock to closely examine the tape and will post pictures.
Mike
Based on replies #63-66 makes me think it would be approximately 2 1/4"w x 3 1/4" L for the #3 hole. The important measurement would be width (of the tape roll) and the length would be wherever it was cut from the dispenser. Danny's reply #63 seems to be the best indicator so far. If it were me I would cut the 3" width down to 2 1/4" after cutting off about a 3" length.Mike brings up some good points! When our car was judged via the 5000 point system and on the lift there was no deduction concerning the tape so bottom line the most important thing is to have tape over those holes and 2 1/4" or 2 1/2" or 3" I don't believe it will make a huge difference. Just go with the info supplied here and utilize what seems the best choice.
I've been giving this topic a lot of thought in regards to what the roll width is. Given the line worker(s) had to pull a piece of tape off a dispenser and place over the holes, while in a moving environment, the last thing you want to do it trim tape. So, it should be set up where you only need to worry about one of two variables (being width and length) and that would be tape length. With that in mind I would think the tape width would be such that it would be easy to place up in the flat section at the shock hole to cover that area entirely (with the proper length of course) and yet it would also be wide enough to cover the #3 hole. And that shock area width is 2" (measured on my 67 coupe). So, the only thing the worker had to do is pull off a correct length and slap it on. Based on Danny's measurements, I would cut the width to 2 1/4".
Mike
Any conclusion on what size the tape should be?
Thanks
Here are some exploded views...
The equalizer also had what looked like zinc remains. So, when I placed it in a mild acid solution to clean it before plating, it fizzed quite a lot, so that tells me there was definitely plating on the piece to react with the acid.
Mike
Lloyd
Here is one of the rear bushings on your old Black RS Z... the metal is visible above the rubber.
Also a photo of the tape under the bushing.
Allright so Reply 51 & 75 show tape at the rear shock hole. More than likely this hole was covered too. When the top of the shock came up through the opening it probably pushed the tape out onto the trunk floor. Now we just have to determine the proper size piece of tape for this and the floor.
This looks like a possibility. If it is too wide then I am sure it can be cut narrow being we are talking about short pieces.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/JVCC-JV497-Black-Masking-Tape-3-in-x-60-yds-Black/192661420554
Mike