Hi John
Sounds like the threaded piece of flat strip carbon steel (ref. Moss P/N
408-630 for TD) that is sandwiched between the windshield glass and the
frame may be fubar-ed or something. You should be able to catch the
threads. To fix properly, you'll have to disassemble the windshield frame,
or at least that side. You could remove the chrome cowal bracket and
support the bottom of the windshield with a folded up towel to keep it in
relatively normal position (because it's gonna move around as you work on
it), then remove the chrome side support, then remove upper and lower screws
which secure that side of the windshield frame to the top and bottom parts
of the windshield frame. You will then have complete access to the
aforementioned piece of threaded strip steel. that part corrodes over time
as it was not plated or painted, and received the benefit of all the
moisture that space inside the windshield frame could trap. Come to think
of it, I'll betcha you'll find that the two old screws broke off in that
plate, causing you to think it's solid. Anyway, that's what I would do. Be
careful with the new screws, I cracked a new windshield by using a slightly
too-long screw. Just a word of caution...
Good Luck
Martin Johnson
TC3586
Long Beach, CA
-----Original Message-----
From: Gunnell, John [mailto:gunnellj@krause.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 8:10 AM
To: mg-t@autox.team.net
Subject: Windshield
Little by little we're getting 'er.
This time my question is on windshields. My windshield frame (not the glass)
is rattling a little on the driver's side. Upon checking I find there's
probably only one screw holding the two chrome (bright metal?) parts
together. There may be some kind of stud in another hole (I can't tell for
sure), but two holes are definitely empty. I can put a screw in the outside
hole, but there does not seem to be any place in the inner chrome piece for
the screw to thread into. I believe I already bought some screws from Moss,
plus some kind of piece that slides behind the frame. When I tried to put
the screws in, they were just hitting solid metal.
I also bought a runbber gasket from Moss and haven't put it in yet either.
Currently I just have some cardboard stuffed in the channel to keep the
glass tight. This works as far as keeping the glass in place, but looks a
bit tacky. But my real problem is not with the glass, it's with the bright
metal frame.
So how much of a problem is it to take the whole thing apart? There seems
like lots of little nuts and bolts, plus the wiper arms and the wiper motor
and the wiring to the wiper. I get the feeling it could be like the
proverbial "can of worms" for a novice to disassemble all this and get it
back together the proper way.
Any encoragement, words of wisdom or warnings would be greatly appreciated.
John Gunnell
Old Cars Weekly
Iola, Wisconsin
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