Assuming you still have the Dzu fasteners, and I've seen at least one TR3
where they had removed them and used chrome bolts(UGLY!), I do not have my
manual here( or my mind either!), but I'd start with penetrating oil from
the outside, making sure I wiped it off the paint. Once it sat there for a
while, take the large screwdriver, place it in the slot, and rap it smartly
with a hammer, then add some more penetrating oil, and wait a while.
Without my book or my vehicles, this is all I can say at this point. If the
thread is still ongoing later, I'll look at one of my parts cars and maybe
I can give you a better idea.
At 11:02 AM 8/11/97 -0400, you wrote:
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> Can someone suggest a way to remove those four large slot-head screws
> that hold the windshield assembly on a TR3? One came out extremely
> reluctantly, and the rest want to have their slots ruined.
> I have ground a big screwdriver such that it just fits the slots, but
> they are so shallow that I can't get a good grip. Since the heads are
> somewhat recessed, I can't cut the grooves deeper. I also can't see a
> way to get at the back side in order to apply penetrating oil.
> Is there perhaps a way to drill the heads off without wrecking the
> frame? And if I did, would I be able to get the windshield off anyway?
>
> TIA,
> Jim (all screws have Robertson heads) Wallace
> 60 TR3 TS81417
>
>
Doug Mathews
Weekdays Voice: 706-542-6820 FAX: 706-542-6881
64TR4 TC38798L(in restoration)
63TR3B TCF1520L(Driver)
59TR3A TS6140L(Parts creature)
57TR3 TS18791LO(Parts creature)
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