Joe,
I'm about half way through this myself.
I got the bottom piece of rubber in, only to discover it's backwards. It
turns out that it should be inclined toward the rear of the car; this way it
has to bend around toward the front when the frame is installed on the body
and it presses against the scuttle harder. I hope that's understandable.
I used dishwashing liquid; it was tough but I got it in. I used a
combination of pulling it into the track as hard as I dared, alternating
with pushing it in to "unstretch" it.
I haven't installed the top one yet.
As far as the rubber between the glass and the frame - I ordered it from
someplace; it might have been VB, but it was far too thick. I was having to
force things too far for comfort so in desperation I left it at a windshield
glass shop and they put it in using a much thinner stip that resembles
something more like rubber impregnated canvas. I only noticed this after
getting the assembly home. Now I'm not sure what I'll do next, but I know I
won't write a bio.
Also - the glass, which came from VB and is an original Triplex brand piece,
was a bit small at the bottom corners i.e there's a bit of a gap between the
glass and the frame. Maybe there's some appropriate kind of goop to use; the
gap's not too big.
Don't mean to bum you out but that's what happened to me on this part of the
project, so far.
Regards,
Jim
P.S. You may want to order up the angle pieces that hold the bottom to the
sides; it looks like they'll always be too rusty to re-use.
PPS. I hope this message isn't too unclear. Just got back from a good corn
roast, which included beverages. Write for claification if desired!
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Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 07:58:42 -0400
From: joemato@ibm.net
Subject: TR3 WINDSHIELD
ANYBODY HAVE EXPERIENCE REPLACING THE TOP & BOTTOM RUBBER ON THE TR3
WINDSHIELD? I'VE TRIED OLIVE OIL,DETERGENT,ETC.,NO LUCK.ALSO,ANY TIPS ON
COMPLETING THE PROCESS WOULD BE APPRECIATED;PUTTING THE GLASS BACK IN
THE FRAME WITH RUBBER LOOKS DAUNTING.THANKS,JOE MATO TR3 75219
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