'40 cowl vent

TJ

TJ

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I'm putting together my 40 cowl vent mechanism and I need to know the sequence of the washers on the spring loaded bolt that passes through the lever arm and the bracket. There's three washers that are about 1 inch in diameter. One has friction ridges on one side of it, then there is a thin brass washer and last is a regular flat washer.
 
Bob Drake sells the hardware kit for $25 and says it contains a "killer 6 page instruction booklet" may be worth it to have new hardware plus detailed instructions
geoford41
 
Bob Drake team, thank you for the link to the discussion. I talked with Cole yesterday and ordered the hardware kit with instruction sheet. Now with the instruction sheet I can get a jump start on the installation before the kit arrives. Thanks again. Tom
 
Check the Drake cowl vent gasket. We had some problems in years past with the gaskets being too thick to allow the vent to close completely.
 
That may be part of the problem I'm having. I don't know who's gasket it may be as it was in the car when I got it.
 
SuperReal is correct. I had the same problem and had a friend shave it down 1/16". Fit good after that.Seals great now.

Mike
 
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