- 1. windshield (score: 1)
- Author: "carolien coulter" <carolien@coastalnet.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 14:49:59 -0700
- Hi everyone, I need a 101 on windshield installation. Everything is out. the frame etc. I s it necessary to use silicone sealant between the frame and rubber seal and between rubber seal and glass? D
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00343.html (8,055 bytes)
- 2. Re: windshield (score: 1)
- Author: hello39@idt.net
- Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 14:55:41 -0400
- I asked that same question a few times at Spriterush98 and either didn't ask the right people or no one has installed their own. Did find someone who cracked one, though. Will be waiting to hear the
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00344.html (8,708 bytes)
- 3. Re: windshield (score: 1)
- Author: "carolien coulter" <carolien@coastalnet.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 15:41:20 -0700
- Bugeye, one piece frame. Sorry I forgot to add my " '59 Bugeye" at the end
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00345.html (9,404 bytes)
- 4. RE: windshield (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel Thompson <dthompson@gbc.ca>
- Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 15:47:30 -0400
- Last I heard from someone who did this themselves, it took a long time, many pairs of hands, and lots of dishwashing liquid. Even then, they managed to crack the new windshield (slightly). I have to
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00346.html (7,729 bytes)
- 5. Re: windshield (score: 1)
- Author: "Larry and Sandi Miller" <millerls@email.msn.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 13:02:02 -0700
- It's not that bad. I did it by myself in the middle of the living room floor. I installed the rubber on the glass and then installed it in the frame. With the rubber on the glass, I put a small cott
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00347.html (9,149 bytes)
- 6. windshield (score: 1)
- Author: "carolien coulter" <carolien@coastalnet.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 18:04:02 -0700
- One thing I forgot to ask also;does the side were you push in the rubber filler(the long thin rubber strip that goes in the groove)go on the front or the back ( the back being the side that faces ins
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00350.html (7,874 bytes)
- 7. Re: windshield (score: 1)
- Author: "Larry and Sandi Miller" <millerls@msn.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 16:39:14 -0700
- LM --Original Message-- From: carolien coulter <carolien@coastalnet.com> To: brian thorton <bthor@master.adams.com> Cc: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net> Date: Thursday, May 21, 19
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00354.html (8,326 bytes)
- 8. Re: windshield (score: 1)
- Author: "Larry and Sandi Miller" <millerls@msn.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 18:41:19 -0700
- What Crash says is true. All the shops in this area have that same policy. Larry --Original Message-- From: David Ramsey <dwramsey@worldnet.att.net> To: carolien coulter <carolien@coastalnet.com> Cc:
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00358.html (8,779 bytes)
- 9. Re: windshield (score: 1)
- Author: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 21:52:22 -0700
- It's a bummer that a windshield repairer won't take responsibility for breaking your windshield. But is it much of a risk? Are our windshields especially tricky to install? Daryl -- <carolien@coastal
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00363.html (9,609 bytes)
- 10. windshield (score: 1)
- Author: "carolien coulter" <carolien@coastalnet.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 09:08:31 -0700
- Hi everyone, Thanks so much for all the responses to my windshield question.The good news is it's in;the bad news is it's the second one. I cracked my original '59 windshield(Sorry George-can you bel
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00370.html (7,989 bytes)
- 11. Re: windshield (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Samaroo" <mrbugeye@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 06:39:24 PDT
- Part of the trick to installing glass is to do it a heavily padded surface so that the stress is spread out as much as possible I use about 4 or 5 furniture blankets and do it on the floor. Installed
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00372.html (8,932 bytes)
- 12. Windshield (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 07:00:14 -0600
- How difficult is it to install a windshield on an older (62) Spridget? I ordered glass and a seal from VB (much cheaper than anyone local), and then called a local installer - he said some small wind
- /html/spridgets/2003-06/msg01159.html (6,835 bytes)
- 13. RE: Windshield (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:01:56 -0400
- Joe, don't be intimidated by this project. With a lot of patience, a plastic blade, some string and a little soapy water you can do it. It's a small, nearly flat piece of glass. Dan Walters '63 Sprit
- /html/spridgets/2003-06/msg01169.html (7,385 bytes)
- 14. Fw: Windshield (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 19:40:42 -0500
- We ran into the same thing at the SOS Flounderpalooza! If you haven't boogered the heads yet, apply a little heat to the area and then try to break them loose. Peter C. used a propane torch on the o
- /html/spridgets/2001-12/msg00014.html (6,846 bytes)
- 15. Re: Windshield (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 20:50:02 -0800
- Right, heat, penetrating oil, more heat, more oil. When that fails get a left hand twist drill bit and easyout. Crash /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// Ar
- /html/spridgets/2001-12/msg00021.html (7,174 bytes)
- 16. Windshield (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 06:53:16 EDT
- My windshield on my '79 Midget recently cracked all of its own accord. Came out one day and it was cracked from the top down about 8" on the passenger side. Now it has fanned out at right angles to t
- /html/spridgets/2000-05/msg00682.html (6,789 bytes)
- 17. Re: Windshield (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 08:02:32 -0400
- Actually, putting new glass in the frame is the easy part, it's getting the new frame (with new frame to body seals) in place to bolt in that's the bear! (BTDT, this past week.) Since you're looking
- /html/spridgets/2000-05/msg00683.html (7,711 bytes)
- 18. Re: Windshield (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 08:46:07 -0400
- Come to Carlisle next weekend, pick up 2 windshields (one for a spare) and join us for lunch Saturday. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ Down to only 3 Sprites, 1 Midget and an A40 Farina http://www.ex
- /html/spridgets/2000-05/msg00686.html (7,689 bytes)
- 19. Re: Windshield (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 14:02:00 -0700 (PDT)
- David, This is probably the case, but can also be caused by vibration if the surround seal is old and dried out. == Ron Soave "I swear I found the key to the Universe in the engine of an old parked
- /html/spridgets/2000-05/msg00705.html (6,514 bytes)
- 20. windshield (score: 1)
- Author: Steven Michelsen <stevenm@optonline.net>
- Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 16:53:17 -0400
- I am considering replacing the sand-pitted, edge-fogged windsheid on my 78 I see that Moss sells all the bits... http://www.mossmotors.com/Shop/ViewProducts.aspx?PlateIndexID=29326 ...is there anothe
- /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00111.html (6,227 bytes)
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