An obvious fact, but overlooked initially by me, is the importance of
pulling the whole frame out at the same angle that the posts reside at. The
tendency was to try and lift it straight up and out......... It should be
pulled out on the same angle as the rack of the windshield...... sorta like
this / and maybe even more. Otherwise it binds up as if it's frozen in
place. On the TR6, a nut on each corner post and 3 on top of the dash. No
need to remove or loosen the camp unless the post is rusted into the clamp.
Bob Danielson
75 TR6 - Status at
http://pages.cthome.net/BobD
----- Original Message -----
From: Gambony, Jim <jim.gambony@eds.com>
To: 'John Richardson' <johnr@intellicorp.com>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 6:09 PM
Subject: RE: Windshield
>
>John,
>
>Ok, you'll make me take a good look at my TR6 out in the barn. I just know
>that on the Mk I-III Spitfires and the Mk I,II GT6s there are additional
>clamps on the dash top that appear to hold the windshield frame down to the
>body. I'm not talking about how the bottom ends of the frame posts go in
>the body.
>
>
>Jim
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Richardson [SMTP:johnr@intellicorp.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 4:06 PM
>> To: Gambony, Jim; Ct54531@aol.com; triumphs@autox.team.net
>> Subject: RE: Windshield
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> As Bob Roberts mentioned the windshield posts go through clamps that hold
>> the whole frame tight to the body. When I removed the assembly from a
>> TR250 I parted out I just removed the bolts and took the whole frame off.
>> I was not aware that the clamps could be loosened as Bob said, but as I
>> was
>> parting the car out I wasn't very gentle with it. If those clamps could
>> be
>> loosened that would make the procedure a little easier.
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> At 03:01 PM 11/11/98 -0600, Gambony, Jim wrote:
>> >
>> >John,
>> >
>> >Isn't there a bracket (or two) in dash top area that also bolt it down?
>> I
>> >know the early GT6s (pre-MkIII) had the brackets.
>> >
>> >
>> >Jim
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: John Richardson [SMTP:johnr@intellicorp.com]
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 2:43 PM
>> >> To: Ct54531@aol.com; triumphs@autox.team.net
>> >> Subject: Re: Windshield
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Jon if I remember correctly, it is indeed just the two bolts that
holds
>> >> the
>> >> whole frame to the body.
>> >>
>> >> John
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> At 02:30 PM 11/11/98 EST, Ct54531@aol.com wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >Listers:
>> >> >
>> >> >How is the windshield frame attached to the body? Is it just the two
>> >> bolts on
>> >> >either side just under the fender in front of the door? I want to
>> replace
>> >> the
>> >> >seal that goes in between but what's there now isn't so bad if the
job
>> is
>> >> a
>> >> >pain.
>> >> >TIA.
>> >> >
>> >> > JMac
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
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