Haven't seen the pic (there are no people in my Clausager, not even
Clausager), but could it have been sealant? It is piped into the rubber
surround before the screen is fitted. Trim can certainly be pushed into old
rubber quite a long way before the rubber has to be lifted over the rest of
the way, but it certainly cannot be pushed into new rubber, and has to be
lifted over for virtually its whole length. BT, DT, with both old and new
rubbers.
paulH.
----- Original Message -----
From: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>
To: dave houser <mgs4dave@warwick.net>
Cc: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 6:07 PM
Subject: GT windshield molding-the factory method
> I think I've finally figured out how they did this at the factory.
>
> I found a picture in the Clausager book of the specialist at the factory
> working in the trim on a GT's windshield (an unfortunate lime green
> one). He is working the rubber over the edges of the trim piece, one
> end of which is sticking up out of the seal, with what looks like a
> small screwdriver or blade. After close inspection, I noticed the
> windshield is smeared with grease around all the edges where his hands
> have contacted it.
>
> From this I'm deducing that the he did not try to slide the trim in
> (which I have never been able to do), but greased up the rubber, placed
> the trim in position (corner pieces first), and slowly worked in one
> edge at a time. It's entirely possible that he had other tricks we
> can't see in the photo, such as a heat gun to soften the rubber a bit.
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