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Ruby door check - Graham Edwards - 27-11-2019
Does anyone have the dimensions for ruby Mk2 door check straps
i have a picture but dimensions would make things easier when trying to re make them
Thank you
RE: Ruby door check - Derek Sheldon - 27-11-2019
I believe that Mk11 Ruby’s did not have check straps but a metal apparatus on the bottom adjacent to the A post.
RE: Ruby door check - John Cornforth - 27-11-2019
Hi Graham
The original door checks are a rubber and metal disc on the end of a curved rod about 6 inches long which bears on the inner sill under the floor (See picture from the body parts list, publication 1521). The door attachment is via a triangular plate at the lower front, with a couple of lugs and a split pin. Most of these originals have rotted away or been taken off in times past and never replaced. I seem to remember one of the cherished suppliers making a batch.
Cheers, John.
RE: Ruby door check - Graham Edwards - 27-11-2019
Hi thanks for replys
Yes that is the part I have a picture of just wondered if anyone had the dimensions save a lot of guess work
when it comes to making them
Thanks
Graham
RE: Ruby door check - Nick Lettington - 27-11-2019
If noone else has before I get home, I'll take some measurements. Do you have the steel plate fixed to the door, or do you need dimensions for that too?
RE: Ruby door check - Graham Edwards - 27-11-2019
Thanks Nick that would be great both parts please as
All I have is a picture at the moment
RE: Ruby door check - Nick Lettington - 27-11-2019
I never made it to technical drawing class, so forgive the back of an envelope sketch...
The washers appear to be a collection of old junk?
RE: Ruby door check - Graham Edwards - 28-11-2019
Nick thanks that is just what i needed
thank you very much for you time
Regards
Graham
RE: Ruby door check - Tony Betts - 28-11-2019
This is what you need.
But I never seem to get the time to do the brazing?
Tony
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