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I have long wondered about the purpose of that gap in the seal and have contemplated filling it with a salvaged section from another seal!?!
Me too. Odd thing is that on LHD cars the gap is on the "other side" so am wondering if it's relivant to the brake servo position.
Sad thing is, that (most of) the old chaps who put the cars together originally aren't around anymore to ask them.
It's debatable whether the car-assembly workers would know why the gap is there! One would probably need to ask one of the designers.
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I fitted poly ones to my car last week but found them to tall, had to trim them down to get bonnet height right
Dave
Poorly fitting parts which need to be fettled or modified in order to fit, is one of the common penalties of using and/or having to use reproduction pattern parts, as I know all to well from experiences with 1968~79 VW type 2 Transporters and 1980~92 VW Transporter T3s.
I even got involved with the Trading Standards Association with reference to Danish manufactured exhaust-system components for these.
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