Good morning Douglas,
Clearly the under-dash panel is the least of your worries right now!
I just went downstairs and measured TD3942EXLU's windscreen -- height at
center 10 1/4", at outside edge 11 1/2" (both measurements from outer edges
of chrome). Top bow posts 38" on center. This car is the
passenger-side-wiper version; from windscreen center line going each way,
there's a bolt at 4" (= your '2 holes at 8" apart') and the center hole of
the 3-hole wiper motor/wiper arm mounting at 9". The windscreen you bought
was misidentified; it's not for a TD.
The 8"-apart holes are for the bolts that hold the chrome frame together.
The wire to the wiper motor goes INSIDE the windscreen frame, entering
through a hole on the back side of the frame side piece about 1 1/2" up
from the bottom, after exiting the cowl through a small hole-with-grommet
located about 3" at 11 o'clock (1 o'clock on a RHD car) from the bolt hole
on the rear arm of the upside-down-T-shaped windscreen bracket. Be sure to
leave about 8" of loose wire sticking out of the cowl here -- looks a bit
untidy, but you need the extra to allow the windscreen to pivot flat.
If the profiles of all the parts of the new windscreen frame are the same as
those of your original windscreen, except for the different height and hole
locations, could it be altered to "proper" dimensions? (I'm assuming it
needed re-chroming anyway).
Sarah Carr
TD3942EXLU in Pa.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Ormrod" <Douglas.Ormrod@neurological.org.nz>
To: <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 12:56 AM
Subject: TD Windscreen
> Hi T People
>
> My TD is a 1952 chassis # 11368 with a two bow top.
>
> I am having major windscreen problems. Car is all trimmed ready for a new
> bespoke hood to be made. However, when we tried to fit up the original
> screen
> it would not sit right - car has been rolled at some point and scuttle
> brackets were out of shape. We were working on trying to straighten things
> out
> when a complete second hand TD screen became available in Australia and I
> bought it thinking this might be the simpler option.
>
> However, I have now discovered thee new screen and the original are
> different
> the one that came with my car is 9 5/8 high at the centre and the one I
> bought is 11 1/4. Also the new screen has the windscreen motor mounting
> holes
> in the centre while the original was mounted at one side. I see from the
> Moss
> catalogue that the wiper positioned changed at car 22315 so I guess the
> original screen is correct for my car.
>
> So question one is: did the screen height change at the same time as the
> wiper
> moved or has my original screen been shortened?
>
> Question two is: can I fit the later screen to my car with the two bow
> top? If
> yes will I need to get new side curtain frames?
>
> I guess my fall back position is to try the scuttle mounts that came with
> the
> screen I bought in Australia with my original screen frame.
>
> Cheers
>
> Douglas
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