Item Subject: Re: TR3 Winshield removal
Hi Doug,
Well, I didn't see any Dzus fasteners; maybe this varied with the
different years. Where did you mean?
I did try rapping the screwdriver with a hammer, and applying
penetrating oil. I will be repeating the process for several more
days, but the real problem seems to be getting the screwdriver to stay
in that slot! I got a foot long piece of 2 x 10 pine, and drilled a
hole part way into it to receive the screwdriver handle. Then I leaned
on the board with my chest to push the screwdriver toward the screw
while trying to rotate the shaft of the screwdriver with vice grips.
And that's what it took to get the easy one out!
I'm not too worried about the paint; part of the reason the windshield
is coming off is for the upcoming paint job, but I don't want to
damage the chrome (stanchions?)
Regards,
Jim Wallace
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Subject: Re: TR3 Winshield removal
Author: Non-HP-tr3run (tr3run@peachnet.campus.mci.net) at HP-USA,mimegw5
Date: 8/11/97 11:11 AM
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
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