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1. Soggy Trousers (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 19 Sep 2000 05:02:39 -0500; As those of you in the UK might have noticed by now, the weather is not what it was... Now that autumn is well and truly here, Daffy is spending her days waiting for me in the car park, being pounded; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00693.html (10,103 bytes)
2. Re: Soggy Trousers (score: 1): Author: "T. .R. Dafforn" <td214@cam.ac.uk>; Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 11:27:42 +0100; Hi Richard, Is the Gaitor over the holes for the clutch pedal, and brake pedal in place nice and tight. Its a great place for a big leak! Try putting the hard top on, going to the car wash and lieing; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00694.html (12,142 bytes)
3. Re: Soggy Trousers (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougnad@bellatlantic.net>; Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 09:39:42 -0400; Obviously the rain is passing through holes in the middle of the windscreen and dashboard. :-) I bet it is leaking in between the bottom edge of the windscreen glass and the rubber weatherstrip, and; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00703.html (12,373 bytes)
4. Re: Soggy Trousers (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougnad@bellatlantic.net>; Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 09:43:26 -0400; I put on a brand-new rubber seal on my soft top header rail, and it drips more on my crotch when driving in a rainstorm than the old one did! Having a scratched and dented windscreen capping may allo; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00705.html (8,921 bytes)
5. Re: Soggy Trousers (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 19 Sep 2000 08:51:51 -0500; OK, so I checked the price of a new windscreen seal - 13 quid. That I am prepared to spend. So, how tricky is it to remove and re-install my windscreen? Does it involve any special tools (that end up; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00706.html (8,166 bytes)
6. Re: Soggy Trousers (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 19 Sep 2000 11:12:58 -0500; Laura.G@141.com on 19Sep2000 03:48 PM Is that the seal that should be along that piece where the latches are? Where would one get such a thing? Would that be the piece in the SpitBits catalogue, pg 1; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00715.html (8,643 bytes)
7. Re: Soggy Trousers (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 20 Sep 2000 03:13:29 -0500; Thanks to all who came to the aid of my soggy trousers - Tim, Doug, Laura, Several suggested the rubber boots around the master cylinders. Sure enough, the clutch boot wasn't properly fitted into the; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00736.html (10,976 bytes)
8. Re: Soggy Trousers (score: 1): Author: "Greg Rowe" <growe58@hotmail.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 07:21:45 EDT; The duct tape "solution" was semi-facetious and only esthetically appropriate to the battered spitfire I was driving 15 years ago or it's equivalent. 8-) The extra seal idea came up as a thread on t; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00738.html (9,369 bytes)
9. Re: Soggy Trousers (score: 1): Author: LT <llst@telus.net>; Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 23:29:55 -0700; I think that there must be a Churchill tool that is used to remove the windscreen frame. Can anyone describe it? Anyway, I just pulled the windscreen frame on my MK3 body and it actually came out qui; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00769.html (9,091 bytes)
10. Re: Soggy Trousers (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougnad@bellatlantic.net>; Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 10:22:35 -0400; But do you need to remove the frame to replace the glass? I would think that it is easier and safer to replace the glass when the frame is on the car. If you tried it on the bench it might be very aw; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00776.html (9,453 bytes)
11. Re: Soggy Trousers (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 22 Sep 2000 03:21:10 -0500; Thanks for that. I am actually interested in removing the windscreen from the frame, not the frame from the car, so that I can replace the windscreen seal, to avoid the leaks I am currently getting.; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00787.html (9,111 bytes)
12. Re: Soggy Trousers (score: 1): Author: "Patrick Barber" <patbarber@home.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 07:15:38 -0400; I haven't followed this thread but based on your question, "How do you remove the windshield without breaking it?" is straightforward. I am going to assume that you are going to replace the rubber s; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00790.html (10,422 bytes)
13. Re: Soggy Trousers (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 22 Sep 2000 07:07:17 -0500; Thanks for that - I'm now all ready to go ahead, as soon as I have a free weekend to do it. I guess that means I'll still have soggy trousers for a month or so - other even more pressing matters awa; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00791.html (9,633 bytes)
14. Re: Soggy Trousers (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougnad@bellatlantic.net>; Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 10:39:22 -0400; I just successfully re-installed the rear window of my hardtop, which seems to be very similar in construction to the windscreen. Some tips: 0: Review your workshop manual! 1: Put sealant on the oute; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00798.html (10,791 bytes)
15. Re: Soggy Trousers (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougnad@bellatlantic.net>; Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 10:41:16 -0400; One more tip : Clean and wax the paint around the outside of the windscreen opening while the glass is out. Also: If you are contemplating installing one of those dash overlays (e.g. Coverlay) there; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00799.html (9,445 bytes)
16. Re: Soggy Trousers (score: 1): Author: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 11:06:45 -0400; I second the cut teh old seal away method. Did this a couple of weeks ago. Just be careful of the paintwork and the dash top when you have the knife and are cutting the seal away. I also took the har; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00800.html (9,619 bytes)
17. Re: Soggy Trousers (score: 1): Author: Tburke4@aol.com; Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 11:51:24 EDT; Hi Richard, I haven't installed a windshield, but, a fellow named Greg Smith bought a windshield from me after he broke his trying to re-install it. So, it appears that there is a risk at that stage.; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00803.html (10,429 bytes)
18. Re: Soggy Trousers (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 22 Sep 2000 10:59:59 -0500; Putting some sealant on was going to be my first approach, particularly since I won't have the time for a windscreen replace for a few weeks. Replacing the windscreen seal was an approach if the qui; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00806.html (8,564 bytes)
19. Re: Soggy Trousers (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 13:06:11 -0400; It may be harder then we realize. Greg also bought a replacement windshield from me! Either he also broke yours and installed mine, or visa versa. I have broken one getting it out, attempting to save; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00809.html (8,937 bytes)
20. Re: Soggy Trousers (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 16:21:02 -0400; Eastwood and JC Whitney also sell similar kits. I bought one from JC Whitney. Haven't gotten around to trying it yet, but enough places sell them that they must be good for something. Practical Class; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00818.html (9,180 bytes)

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