My moss windshield was thicker than original and the new top fasteners were
also too long ( I did grind them off in place).The stripping does come in
different thicknesses( I purchased several) It didn't seem to want to go
together (clearances were too tight for my confidence). So I did finally
took it to a glass shop . No muss no fuss it was done and on the car. Though
I did have a couple of weeks driving with the Brooklands screen on the car.
Mike in LA -TR2
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>From: "elliottd" <elliottd@look.ca>
>To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Fw: TR3A Windscreen glazing replacement
>Date: Fri, Jan 18, 2002, 4:57 AM
>
>> I never had a problem putting a new glass windscreen in my TR3A. Measure
>> the one you took out and the thickness of the new one. Compare. Did you
>> replace the snaps that screw in along the top of the frame for the hood
>> (rag-top) ? The threaded ends are too long. They will stick through too
>> much and this will interfere inside and break the glass.
>>
>> My original sealing material was like black tape, well more like the
>> textured cloth material an old black roll-down blind would have been made
>> from. When I was doing my restoration from 1987 to 1990, I bought new
> glass
>> from a local PPG place and ordered the tape-like glazing filler from Moss
> or
>> Roadster Factory. It wasn't tape. It was about 1'16" thick black foam
>> spongy tape. When I put it all together, I pulled this new spongy tape
> all
>> around the glass and it really stretched and became very thin. It all
> went
>> together very nicely but I had a lot of the excees which was extruding all
>> around the frame which I cut off. It leaked ! The foam spongy material
> was
>> "open-cell" foam, ie. it leaks. It should have been "closed cell". So I
>> used clear silicone bathtub caulking all around and the leaks stopped.
>>
>> Now after 11 years and 60,000 miles I have to change it again. Sandblast
>> grit "sparkle crystals" all over and a couple of tiny chips. I wonder
> what
>> the new glazing tape is like today.
>>
>> Don Elliott, Original Owner, 1958 TR3A
>> Montreal, Canada
>>
>> <Popnglo@aol.com> wrote
>>
>> > I have had to remove the glass and old glazing material from my
>> windscreen,
>> > for apparent reasons (ie: rattling, leaking, etc, etc.).
>> >
>> > The windscreen frame and glass (and all other hardware) by all my
>> observation
>> > is original.
>> >
>> > I have recieved from MOSS the replacement glazing strip -glass to frame-
>> (two
>> > pieces) P/N 680-455. The replacement, on the surface, appears to be
>> straight
>> > forward. Separate the windscreen frame into its two pieces, bottom and
>> top.
>> > Remove dried glazing material (what's left of it) and re-install new. A
>> > simple matter of two people and a rubber mallet... Well not so. After
>> several
>> > attempts to install this, I felt that a trip to an auto glass specialist
>> was
>> > in order. Unfortunately, thier opinion was the same as mine ... a fear
> of
>> > breaking the glass ... due to the glazing strip being possibly too
> thick.
>> > They used silicone spray lubricant, I had tried KY jelly. In either case
>> the
>> > result was the same... Several attempts, but no success.
>> >
>> > Has anyone attempted and been successful? Any special technique? Does
>> anyone
>> > have info as to whether the glazing material from The Roadster Factory
> or
>> > Victoria British is thinner? I spoke to the Roadster Factory Tech
> Support
>> and
>> > they mentioned that they've be notified time to time that the glazing
>> > material was too thick, but they chalk it up to window thickness
>> variation.
>> >
>> > Any feedback welcome,
>> >
>> > Best Regards,
>> > Ed ('58 TR3A)
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