Step by step agony V2

Heres why I left a glazings thickness around the outer edge of  the window.

I cut 3 glass thickness strips and rounded the front corners

top and bottom and lower rear so the glass is well sealed and protected from

hitting the metal of the frame.

Here it is in the frame

and again....

Press around the edges of the window to smush (technical term) the glazing

into the form of the frame a little.  I think a hotter day than 61 degrees would help this process.

Screw down the front bracket to keep it in place.

This is the lower  spacer for the window, it is the same piece as on the top of the frame.

The lower weather strip has to have the large oval hole over the window lock.

On the first door I tried re using the original screw holes.  Nearly impossible to align

the weather stripping and aluminum spacers and get the same hole.  Plus some holes

are stripped out.   I found it easier to drill new holes.

I used the wide flat blade screw driver to push the stipping up against the glass while drilling

the new holes.  When the screws are put in - the stipping pressed the glass against the glazing

and the glazing against the outer metal.

Step by step agony - or otherwise known as glazing a window. V1

These are the culprits that cause so much greif ! 

They are

A: tiny

B: stuck down in a rotted weather strip that is full of muck that you cant see

C:  usually rusted or corroded to the point that they have no way to unscrew them

A couple would come out - then you have to carefully bend the old weather strip from around the bad ones and get them

with some needle nose pliers or such without hitting glass

After the screws are extracted and the strip pulled ,  the window will either

A:  fall out by itself

B: require a flat blade screwdriver

C: dynamite

Mine required B on one side and C on the other.

Scrape the old glazing with a sharp razor blade.

After scraping - clean the glass throughly.  Ooh- Shiny!

Make sure the frame is clean and ready for glass.

I got this at an actual 'fire sale'  Half the business burned, this stuff survived on a lower shelf

 (remember stop, drop, and roll?)  It had soot damage to the top of the box but didn't get hot enough to

melt.  It is a sticky- nay, tacky- rubber impregnated with cork.

Layout about an inch more than you need and cut.

Cut the big strip into three equal width strips.

 

Place the 3 strips on the window (make sure you're doing the correct side)

Heres where I differ a bit- to keep the window from sagging in the Texas heat and

hitting the steel window frame - 

Theres a thickness of the glazing hanging over the

edge of the window. 

Deluxe axle holding brackets.

Due to the nature of a rover axle I decided it would be best to have some spares along. Instead of rolling around in the floorboard - I mounted them on emt tubing holders from your local electrical supply store.
They fit perfectly behind the side bench seat!

 Total cost: $3.20 : )

rear step bumper

I'm making a rear step bumper to replace the factory folding rear entry step that came on it. It will look like this except it has lower mounting tabs and is narrower- it should help with passenger entry and provide a little - maybe 5mph??- protection for the rear of the rover.