{"id":6079,"date":"2022-07-12T22:01:28","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T22:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=6079"},"modified":"2024-02-08T09:52:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T09:52:00","slug":"mx5-roof-latch-nipple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=6079","title":{"rendered":"CARS: MX5 Roof-Latch \u2018Nipple\u2019!?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For quite a long time now the soft-top roof on my MX5 has not closed very well. It\u2019s apparently a common issue. There\u2019s a rubber or plastic \u2018nipple\u2019 (!?) that wears away, allowing the latch to become floppy and loose. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I recently replaced this part, on both sides, with a new pair. Can\u2019t recall who I ordered them from (I ought to find out; I think they\u2019re Jass parts via BOFIracing?). But I\u2019m pretty miffed that one of them &#8211; the dodgy one on my side &#8211; failed almost instantly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve subsequently ordered yet another one, this time as I got an individual one, not a pair. Wound up costing nearly a tenner, for a \u00a31.95 part! Really annoying. But even more annoying. It doesn\u2019t bleedin\u2019 fit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_8044-576x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6078\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_8044-576x1024.png 576w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_8044-169x300.png 169w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_8044.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My \u2018only option\u2019, at least via MX5parts.co.uk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve contacted Autolink, who I got the more recent one from, to let them know (via email). Not had a reply as yet. I\u2019ve also contacted MX5parts.co.uk, and they say there\u2019s no longer a choice of two parts, but just the one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know that there used to be, and via some channels &#8211; e.g. Autolink &#8211; there still are, two different parts that have formerly been sold, that do this job. One is curved, the other is more \u2018pointy\u2019 (but still a bit curved). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_8128-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6111\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_8128-724x1024.jpg 724w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_8128-212x300.jpg 212w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_8128.jpg 745w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">These are the two types.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, what do I do? Keep buying these little bits? I can\u2019t actually afford <em>any<\/em> expenses right now. Even a tiny trickle such as this has become. Or do I modify the metal part of the latch; file it down and make the latch fit?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I might be forced to go the latter route, for purely economic reasons. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For quite a long time now the soft-top roof on my MX5 has not closed very well. It\u2019s apparently a common issue. There\u2019s a rubber or plastic \u2018nipple\u2019 (!?) that wears away, allowing the latch to become floppy and loose. I recently replaced this part, on both sides, with a new pair. Can\u2019t recall who &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=6079\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;CARS: MX5 Roof-Latch \u2018Nipple\u2019!?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[87,85,89,16,22,86,69],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-1A3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6079"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6079"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11558,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6079\/revisions\/11558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}