Hi Blake
The trim can be fitted to the rubber once it is installed with the aid of
the correct tool, the books generally have a pic of the tool, I will scan it
if required. It took me about 2 hours to get the second trim in! The first
one is now an odd shape! The third trim took about 45 mins and the second
screen I did took about 30 mins per side. I wonder at the mentality of an
"expert" that was trying to fit the glass to a steel reinforced frame!
You do need the correct tool and some soap for a lubricant, avoid wash up
liquids as they may be detergent based and can accelerate rubber
deterioration as well as being bad for the paint.
Definition of expert pronounced ekspurt, ex as in something that has been,
spurt as in drip under pressure!
Graham.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Blake Discher" <bdischer@blakedischer.com>
To: <Triumphs@autox.team.net>; <triumph_2000@yahoogroups.com>;
<2000-register@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 8:52 PM
Subject: Windscreen installation woes
> The windscreen rubber seal on my 1968 2000 Mk1 was cracked and very
> brittle, so I ordered a seal and took it and the car to a trim specialist
/
> glass guru here in Detroit. He removed the bright metal trim around the
> perimeter, old glass came out, no problems. Today he calls me into the
> shop. He has the bright metal trim attached to the rubber seal and is
> trying to get the rubber back onto the glass so they can press everything
> back onto the car as a unit, but of course, he is nervous about cracking
> the glass because the fit is excessively tight due to the bright metal
trim
> limmiting the stretch of the rubber seal. Most things I've read say to
> put the rubber on the glass, the glass and rubber onto the car, and
install
> the bright metal trim AFTER the glass is in place on the car. He
> disagrees, firmly. I tell him to go ahead, put the glass and the rubber
on
> the car, I'll worry about the bright metal trim moulding. He's relieved,
> but I can tell he's thinking I'm an idiot to think I can get that moulding
> on after the glass is in place. Did I shoot myself in the foot? Will I
be
> able to get that moulding onto the rubber? Is there a secret method to
> accomplish this? Lots of KY jelly? (LOL) FYI, the bright metal has a
> channel that the rubber goes into; sort of a tongue and groove
> arrangement. Also, FWIW, the 2000 glass is next to impossible to get here
> in the USA, thus the reason for my conservative approach.
>
> Thanks!
> Blake Discher
>
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