The Mite
Part :44
Putting in the Windshield
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I spent some money and had the aluminum windshield frame (that I disassembled here) professionally polished. It turned out pretty good! |
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Here's all the parts and gaskets, including new glass |
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First, put the rubber gasket all around the glass |
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Then, spray everything with soapy water and press on the top and bottom parts of the frame |
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Then slide on the sides |
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And insert and tighten screws. |
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put the rubber gasket on the bottom, using strong language and soapy water |
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Then put the mirror post in place and tighten |
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And finished. This picture was taken before the mirror post was installed |
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I lost the shims that space the windshield frame away from the body, so I used washers. It took 2 elephants and some fancy language to get the brand new gaskets to compress enough to insert these bolts. Also, note that this is the order for re-assembly: 1. Wipers I should have read this page before I tried to install the windshield after the dashboard. |
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There's some aluminum trim pieces on the "A" pillars that are rivited onto the pillars and hold gaskets |
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Once they were rivited onto the pillars, some soapy water was sprayed on the trim and on the gaskets and the gaskets were slipped into place |
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The rubber gaskets still need to be trimmed |
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A view of the interior |
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The installed windshield with rear-view mirror. There's a bracket at the bottom of the windsheild frame that holds the mirror post and screws to the cowl - I re-tapped the threaded nuts in the cowl before installing the grade-8 (overkill) fasteners to prevent stripping |
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A view with the steering wheel attached |
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Where its at |