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 paulr
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| posted on February 4th, 2008 at 01:31 PM |
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Windscreen fitting problem
Hey All
I pulled my windscreen out of my bay bus to fix a wee rust problem - got a new rubber from Roy at the Bus Stop and can'y get the bloody thing back in
- have done it a few times before over the years but htis is a bitch. So
Has anyone got any advice tricks ?
Can someone reccomend someone who fits them in Melbourne (RACV quoted me $110 - is that reasonable sounds exe to me ) or
Does anyone want to earn a slab and put the bloody thing back in for me ?
Cheers Paul
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| posted on February 4th, 2008 at 02:51 PM |
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lots of lubrication you probally have the wide seal which is twice as hard as the narrow type
should have got one from Vintage
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| posted on February 4th, 2008 at 03:37 PM |
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dont laugh but get a tube of Sex lubricant from the local chemist or 7 / 11 store
its slippery as a finger in a bum pardon the pun and wont hurt any of the paint or create rust
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| posted on February 4th, 2008 at 08:13 PM |
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Yeah KY Jelly is great for the finger in the bum...................I mean helping put rubbers in (that doesnt sound good
either)...............slipping windscreen rubbers back in. 
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 posted on February 4th, 2008 at 09:06 PM |
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Yes,
You need someone with experience
that aren't scared to bash the windscreen
and know what they are doing....
I think all new rubbers are much harder then the originals back in the 60s and 70s...
as stones to to smash the toughened safety glass very easily on gravel roads....
Best of luck
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| posted on February 5th, 2008 at 05:58 AM |
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Is it a laminated or safety glass screen ???
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| posted on February 5th, 2008 at 12:08 PM |
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Good question - I was wondering that last night. I reckon it only a safety glass screen - thus it would be in my interest to get a laminated one. Thus
fitting would be free and I hate it when those things go.
Then again any excuse to use KY
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| posted on February 5th, 2008 at 12:15 PM |
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have a look at the edge of the glass and you will see if its laminated as you can see the 2 sections of glass easy
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| posted on February 7th, 2008 at 04:53 PM |
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Are you using a string to pull it in, I've never fited a screen to a bus but have put a few in old Morries and Peugeots and a string gets em in easy
with the help of a second pushing on the outside.
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| posted on February 7th, 2008 at 04:54 PM |
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Meant to add that the lube is a real good idea, theres one called silk, made outa alovera or sumpthn, works real good.
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| posted on February 7th, 2008 at 06:22 PM |
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I thought Sylk was made out of Kiwifruit?
Yep
here it is
http://www.sylk.com.au/whatis/whatis_sylk.html
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| posted on February 7th, 2008 at 07:03 PM |
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you blokes are obsessed with lube
and no it's not laminated so it looks like a new one is going in
Paul
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| posted on February 7th, 2008 at 09:52 PM |
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yeah SILK is made from kiwi fruit and looks just like thecleamofsomeyoungboy or the soup u would order in a chinese restraunt LOL
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| posted on February 9th, 2008 at 04:40 PM |
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Yeah just checked the modern oxford dictionary "sumpthn, noun, otherwise known as kiwi fruit"
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| posted on February 9th, 2008 at 09:05 PM |
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Hi Paul,
I just checked my records; "Elite Windscreens" (Melb) came to my place, removed (and disposed of) the cracked screen and fitted a new (laminated)
one for $155 a few years ago. They re-used the rubber that was there. The windscreen dude knew all the tricks and was gone in 15 minutes. No problems
since.
hth
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| posted on February 9th, 2008 at 09:05 PM |
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yeah i use electrical cable like out 2.5 twin and earth and rip the earth wire out and then spray washing liquid rond the rubber and get a bit of old
hand bashing on it and it slips in..
seems to work for me when i do the bay screen..
hope you get it sorted yeah..
paul
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| posted on February 15th, 2008 at 05:24 PM |
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Thanks All
What a saga - the windscreen people could not get it in. The wide seal is causing mayhem i think - I'll try those elite guys Peter. Maybe I should by
a new seal. Yet another weekend without the bus in the road
Paul
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