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  • Roadster windscreen replacement

    Message originally posted by: Don Sayers
    My Roadster windscreen has been delaminating for some time now and today it has started cracking. I have a replacement already waiting. Does anyone have any experience of replacing a Roadster windscreen, whats the best method of removing the old one?

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    Re: Roadster windscreen replacement

    I had a windscreen shatter last year and removal was immense fun...although probably easier than trying to take it out in 1 piece. A sharp knife, a bent screwdriver and copious amounts of patience did the trick on removing the old sealer and embedded glass fragments, while some string and a few clothes pegs held the new one in place while I sealed it in. Don't think there is an easy way - just care and time. Try and cut out as much sealer as possible and see if you can free it that way...failing which break the glass!
    Marlin Roadster, LWB...1860 B Series + Ford Type 9
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    • #3
      Re: Roadster windscreen replacement

      Something that might make things easier for you is a product you can get for "eating" sealer. It basically breaks it down making it much easier to remove. Screwfix can supply http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?ts=67953&id=18504
      It is harmless to most other materials but check for fibreglass and paint before you get too carried away.
      Mk2 SWB Marina Roadster with a 1800 Fiat Twin Cam engine and 5 speed Abarth gearbox built in 1987
      - I have no idea what I am talking about........ but my advice is always free! -

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        Re: Roadster windscreen replacement

        Message originally posted by: Adrian Bull
        I am just in the throws of doing the same and have been told that if you use thin clear plastic piping such as used when decanting wine from a demi-jon. Cut it into 1" lengths, split and put around 3 at the top and two down either side. This will hold the screen when sealing. On another note can anyone tell me where to source another windscreen???

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          Re: Roadster windscreen replacement

          Message originally posted by: Adrian Bull
          I am just in the throws of doing the same and have been told that if you use thin clear plastic piping such as used when decanting wine from a demi-jon. Cut it into 1" lengths, split and put around 3 at the top and two down either side. This will hold the screen when sealing. On another note can anyone tell me where to source another windscreen???

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          • #6
            Re: Roadster windscreen replacement

            When I bust a screen a few years ago I took a template down to the local glass shop and got one cut in laminate there and then. I think it cost about ?40, not hugely expensive whatever it was...

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