Little by little we're getting 'er.
This time my question is on windshields. My windshield frame (not the glass) is
rattling a little on the driver's side. Upon checking I find there's probably
only one screw holding the two chrome (bright metal?) parts together. There may
be some kind of stud in another hole (I can't tell for sure), but two holes are
definitely empty. I can put a screw in the outside hole, but there does not
seem to be any place in the inner chrome piece for the screw to thread into. I
believe I already bought some screws from Moss, plus some kind of piece that
slides behind the frame. When I tried to put the screws in, they were just
hitting solid metal.
I also bought a runbber gasket from Moss and haven't put it in yet either.
Currently I just have some cardboard stuffed in the channel to keep the glass
tight. This works as far as keeping the glass in place, but looks a bit tacky.
But my real problem is not with the glass, it's with the bright metal frame.
So how much of a problem is it to take the whole thing apart? There seems like
lots of little nuts and bolts, plus the wiper arms and the wiper motor and the
wiring to the wiper. I get the feeling it could be like the proverbial "can of
worms" for a novice to disassemble all this and get it back together the proper
way.
Any encoragement, words of wisdom or warnings would be greatly appreciated.
John Gunnell
Old Cars Weekly
Iola, Wisconsin
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