Screen removal
Hello - I have a rust bubble starting below the windscreen. Is it possible to remove the windscreen without breaking it ? I'd like to get in there, derust and paint it all and before replacing it.
Jim McEwan
I had mine replaced by a firm here recently and the fitter said that it was easy. Do you know the rope trick? That is what he used. It is not glued like modern vehicles.
Lift the seal and push out a corner of the glass from the seal then continue all the way around use a blade of a screwdriver to do that. That removes the glass. Then the seal comes away.
To reinstall put in a length of rope 5 mm in the gap in the seal where the glass goes. Push the glass against the seal and remove the rope which lifts the seal and allows the glass to be positioned.
It's a bit difficult to describe in words.
If you can wait till Easter I'll be in Sydney and I'll show ya :D :D Yippeeee
Thanks Roly .
What's an amazing coincidence !!!
I was planning on doing all of the difficult maintenance work at Easter so
come up to Brisbane - it's only an hour by plane from Sydney -
don't forget your overalls and spanners.
Cheers !
Jimmy Mac
well, why don't you spend a new sealing for the windscreen? If you do so, you can use a sharp knife and cut the rubber seal paralell to the screen to remove the windshield easily. That's what we have done in the past. Especially if you have light tinted Windscreens.
RGDS
Klaus
Hi am in the process of painting my G and as a professional auto glass instaler was replacing the winsheild on my other truck he offered to remove all the glass in the G for me, every thing went well untill he took or tried to take the front screen out, he noticed that one corner of the glass had delaminated itself, although he was an expert using the rope method to get the screen out it broke, so cut the rubber off to save the screen also check to see if the delamination process has started :cry:
That's a pretty good price. I had to pay £60 ecess and the insurance co. paid the "rest".
Lucky you .. mine will cost around ?180 for the rubber and glass. No hope of getting a tempered glass cut out. This is like spending ?1200 in there parts!!
:cry:
Whats all the fuss about plain untinted front screens, a sheet of laminated window glass, of the correct thickness obviousley, cut to size and in this country retaining the manufacturers etching mark is all you need, our local windscreen guy did it on the insurance, but it would only have been a few quid anyway.
Am I missing something? ( Apart from tact & diplomacy )
Marcus
mb screen seal is about 45 quid plus vat, new screen 49 quid ; wirral spares 0151 653 4422. hey jock have you seen that silver g knockin around noosa yet?
Thanks Roly .
What's an amazing coincidence !!!
I was planning on doing all of the difficult maintenance work at Easter so
come up to Brisbane - it's only an hour by plane from Sydney -
don't forget your overalls and spanners.
Cheers !
Jimmy Mac