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Windscreen Glass

Post by The Bird Man » Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:17 pm

Afternoon chaps, how easy or difficult is it to replace the windscreen glass ? I was clumsy enough to smash mine by carrying the actually frame and falling over :roll: Many thanks, Eddie ;)

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Re: Windscreen Glass

Post by twiss » Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:46 pm

Its really easy... people usually just get a bit of rope, wrap it around the outside edge of the windscreen, then pull the rope through into the car to pull half the seal inside
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Re: Windscreen Glass

Post by timwilks13 » Tue Dec 24, 2013 1:11 pm

I just started at one corner and folded the seam into place, moved round 3inches and repeated till the whole thing was in/out. Quite easy, just take your time and be careful!
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Re: Windscreen Glass

Post by The Bird Man » Fri Jan 31, 2014 9:30 am

Cheers chaps, much appreciated ;) I shall give that a bash once I find some where that'll fab me a new piece.

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Re: Windscreen Glass

Post by dan_2k_uk » Fri Jan 31, 2014 9:33 am

Fit the seal to the glass.

Lube the seal and the surround with washing up liquid and loop a piece of cable round the seal.

Get a helper to gently push the glass against the surround and pull the loop of cable to flip the seal onto the inside of the surround.
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Re: Windscreen Glass

Post by Anton » Fri Jan 31, 2014 1:21 pm

twiss wrote:Its really easy... people usually just get a bit of rope, wrap it around the outside edge of the windscreen, then pull the rope through into the car to pull half the seal inside
That's what I did. Much easier than I thought it'd be. I "lubed" it with washing up liquid too, to make the seal slippery and go in super easy. Which it did.

Getting it out was difficult (someone had glued it in) but hopefully you won't have that problem.
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Re: Windscreen Glass

Post by Jordi » Fri Jan 31, 2014 6:51 pm

Got all that to do, again. It's as easy as described. Same method for the back door (if it's a tin top)
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