T-Top Disassembly
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T-Top Disassembly
Whenever I remove the T-Top panels on my 71, I hear all sorts of crap rattling around inside them. I tried gently pulling on the velcro that holds the headliner to the top and it did not seem to want to come apart. Is this the only thing holding the parts together? How much of a pain is it to disassemble and reassemble the top panels?
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my current expeience makes me think i knw what the rattle is! When you replace the weatherstripping a number of the plastic retainers break off when you try to get them out. nothing i could do about it. they fall inside the t-top and there's no way to get them out without drilling a big hole somewhere. i expect mine will sound like yourswhen i get the car done. Oh, there are about 20 of those little clips holding the weatherstrip on each tt
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Originally Posted by Rich_71Vette
Whenever I remove the T-Top panels on my 71, I hear all sorts of crap rattling around inside them. I tried gently pulling on the velcro that holds the headliner to the top and it did not seem to want to come apart. Is this the only thing holding the parts together? How much of a pain is it to disassemble and reassemble the top panels?
There is no way to disassemble the tops to get that crap out...your options are:
1. Cut open a hole in the channel area where the debris is flying around, suck it out with a shop vac, and repair...
2. Replace the tops
OR
3. Live with it
Since I was in the middle of a resto anyhow, I opted for #2
Last edited by Red86Z51; Apr 1, 2006 at 05:53 PM.
