Hole in top of Tii front cowl, what's this for?

[dlacey]

2 hours ago, OriginalOwner said:

I've got a '74tii and there's no hole there.  And I never wanted a hole there to help with adjusting the points .... what's that all about ???

 

Cheers,

 

Carl

 

Depending on dizzy body orientation it is difficult to get a screwdriver on the clamp screw for the points .. but drilling the body rather than twisting the dizzy 45degrees seems a bit much...

[Mike Self]

Ain't factory...so if you're going for absolute authenticity (or at least visual authenticity) fill it in.

 

mike

[SydneyTii]

11 hours ago, bergie33 said:

Can you still get the bolt in battery tray, or do I need to find someone getting rid of one? Or, is there a way to carefully remove my tray and fabricate some brackets? 

From memory? early cars had bolt in, later cars had weld in, you would need to break the welds, clean up what’s left and then bolt in your one, if your tray was buggered or missing I think W&N had them for reasonable money.

[bourkeco]

Someone has also cut part of the metal on the cowl  in the center so that they can see the flywheel  timing hole better. 

[bergie33]

7 minutes ago, bourkeco said:

Someone has also cut part of the metal on the cowl  in the center so that they can see the flywheel  timing hole better. 

Yeah, that would be the factory. It's a '74 tii. 

[Conserv]

21 hours ago, bergie33 said:

Yeah, that would be the factory. It's a '74 tii. 

+ 1

 

The tii “cowl notch” is factory for tii’s with E12 heads and aluminum intake runners (as contrasted to the preceding type 121 head with plastic intake runners). For U.S. tii’s this means most, but not all tii’s beginning with VIN 2761944 (manufactured June 5th, 1972). Euro-spec tii’s are on roughly, but not precisely, the same schedule for switching from 121 to E12 heads.

 

”Others”, meaning ‘02 owners without a factory notch — including some without the tii’s fuel injection — added notches post-factory. And we’ve even seen at least two examples — one being the Wheeler Dealer ‘74 tii — where a factory notch was “disappeared”!

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

 

 

[MikeD]

22 hours ago, bergie33 said:

I have a hole that I suspect is from a prior owner on my Tii. I have never seen one like this before. What could it be for? I'm planning on filling it before paint, but want to make sure I'm not missing something. 

 

My 74tii has the same hole.   I am an original owner and hole has been there since new.

 

 

[bergie33]

30 minutes ago, MikeD said:

 

My 74tii has the same hole.   I am an original owner and hole has been there since new.

Oh boy, another tii controversy. So looking at a bunch of Tii pics online shows that many 74 tii's have a hole there. Someone even mounted the right windshield sprayer in that hole. This is going to be like the snorkel nose controversy. 

[MikeD]

11 minutes ago, bergie33 said:

Oh boy, another tii controversy. So looking at a bunch of Tii pics online shows that many 74 tii's have a hole there. Someone even mounted the right windshield sprayer in that hole. This is going to be like the snorkel nose controversy. 

 

It isnt just on tii's I have pictures of it on a 2002Lux also.  I bet there are pictures out there on 2002's also.

[bergie33]

1 minute ago, MikeD said:

 

It isnt just on tii's I have pictures of it on a 2002Lux also.  I bet there are pictures out there on 2002's also.

Can you post an up close picture of the hole? Mine wasn't just drilled. Maybe it looks like yours up close.

 

[MikeD]

3 minutes ago, MikeD said:

 

It isnt just on tii's I have pictures of it on a 2002Lux also.  I bet there are pictures out there on 2002's also.

 

[MikeD]

2 minutes ago, bergie33 said:

Can you post an up close picture of the hole? Mine wasn't just drilled. Maybe it looks like yours up close.

 

 

You should be able to double click on my picture and zoom in on it.  Let me know if you cant.

[conkitchen]

What's really gonna cook ALL your gooses is how the Tii fuel accumulator (that big black cannister slung under the fuel pump) is most often parallel to the CV but it also shows up as perpendicular to the CV.  

 

mind BLOWN! 

 

BTW my 74 tii has the hole in question.  

Edited July 10, 2022 by conkitchen

[NYNick]

No hole.

The one you see is for the wiper fluid.

[OriginalOwner]

OK, VIN number check !!

 

mine is 2782426 ..... no hole !! 

fuel canister is parallel to CV.

Car rolled off the assembly line July 1974.

 

Cheers,

 

Carl

Edited July 10, 2022 by OriginalOwner