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Re: Windscreen seals - 'slip agent'

To: "Eddie Sheffield" <eddie@mediarchive.com>, <DLancer7676@cs.com>, <adrian@workgroup.net>, <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Windscreen seals - 'slip agent'
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 11:15:46 -0400
Organization: Gould Fiber Optics f6PFCWx07844
References: <c8.18036271.289011b9@cs.com> <01072510283102.01694@voyager.mediarchive.com>
I used simple window cleaner as my 'lube'
getting it in the seal and in the frame.
A simple 'sprits and it slipped in easily.

Before installing the windshield...I cheated!
I trimmed the edge of the glass with aquarium
silicone sealer to eliminate water ever creeping
up between the layers of glass and plastic.
...only time will tell if it was worth the effort.

Paul Tegler     ptegler@gouldfo.com    www.teglerizer.com



----- Original Message ----- 
From "Eddie Sheffield" <eddie at mediarchive.com>
To: <DLancer7676@cs.com>; <adrian@workgroup.net>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: Windscreen seals


On Wednesday 25 July 2001 08:12 am, DLancer7676@cs.com wrote:
> In a message dated 7/25/2001 8:01:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>
> adrian@workgroup.net writes:
> > Is there a resource anywhere, book or website, that shows how to take a
> > Midget windscreen apart, replace all the seals, and put it back
> > together?
>
> Hi Adrian.  I have not had the misfortune to have had to replace the
> windshield as yet, but where others say to use soap, etc. as a lubricant, I
> think a slicker substance, and one "in a tube" as opposed to mixing a bowl
> of slop, is KY jelly.  It is water-soluble, thus will not harm the rubber,
> as petroleum-based goo will, and it is a lot slicker than soap, in my
> opinion.
>
> BTW, Buddy is a good resource for info on this process.

I asked this a while back and some (Macy?) mentioned that he had used soap 
and the windshield started fogging up in just a couple of years. Wasn't sure 
if the soap had anything to do with it, but he suggested using silicone spray 
if he had it to do over. I still need to do mine, so I thought I woudl try 
the spray.

And at the risk of sounding ignorant, who's Buddy?

Eddie
1971 Midget



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