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RE: TR3 Windshield

To: "Dave Lee" <djflee@globalnet.co.uk>
Subject: RE: TR3 Windshield
From: "Dorothea J. Ochs" <dochs@greenapple.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 14:34:53 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
Don't forget the glass needs to be sealed to prevent the annoyance of the
creaping  delamnination.  Light silicone tratment at the seam works.

At 07:01 PM 8/22/99 +0100, you wrote:
>
>I have replaced the screen on my TR2 on two occasions with not too much
>hassle, it is certainly not as daunting a job as it first looks. The easiest
>way I have found to put the glass into the frame is to first place the
>folded rubber strip around the glass and hold it in place with cellotape (UK
>brand name for clear domestic sticky tape). The frame and the glass can then
>be mated using a lot of patience and a little persuasion with a rubber
>mallet . Once the whole is screwed tight together the cellotape can be
>trimmed so that it cannot be seen. My biggest problem has been replacing the
>screws which seem to be tapered and unusual sizes.
>Hope this helps.
>
>Dave Lee
>1955 TR2
>Scotland
>
>
>


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