<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3048"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3229">No Question, the whole assembly has to come off the car.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3048"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3093">You'll need something thin, but blunt, to push the rubber into the channel- like a thick butter knife that's been ground blunt. I tried using something plastic, but it takes a fair amount of force in places and plastic tends to break.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3048"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3048"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3227">Good luck, I hope I never have to do that job again!</span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3053"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3053">Stephen, BJ8<br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3249" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3248"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3247"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3246"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3250"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3268"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> BJ8Healeys <sbyers@ec.rr.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'Healey Mail List' <healeys@autox.team.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, May 30, 2018 11:56 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Healeys] Replacing BJ8 windshield seal<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3251"><br><div id="yiv6454100347"><style>#yiv6454100347 #yiv6454100347 --
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#yiv6454100347 </style><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3255"><div class="yiv6454100347WordSection1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3254"><div class="yiv6454100347MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3253"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3252">I found it hard enough to install a new seal with the frame off the car. I think it would be impossible without removing the frame.</span></div><div class="yiv6454100347MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3257"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3256">The problem I had was that it was easy enough to get the seal into the channel on the straight section, but when trying to press it into the channel on the curves, the seal wanted to twist itself back out of the channel.</span></div><div class="yiv6454100347MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3258"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv6454100347MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3260"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3259">Steve Byers</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"></span></div><div class="yiv6454100347MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3262"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3261">HBJ8L/36666</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"></span></div><div class="yiv6454100347MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3263"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527696397335_3264">BJ8 Registry</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"></span></div><div class="yiv6454100347MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">AHCA Delegate at Large</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"></span></div><div class="yiv6454100347MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Havelock, NC </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"></span></div><div class="yiv6454100347MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv6454100347MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv6454100347yqt8774599474" id="yiv6454100347yqt53990"><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><div class="yiv6454100347MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 30, 2018 9:42 AM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> Healey Mail List<br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Replacing BJ8 windshield seal</span></div></div><div class="yiv6454100347MsoNormal"> </div><div><div class="yiv6454100347MsoNormal">I'd like to replace rubber gasket between the windshield and body on my BJ8. </div><div><div class="yiv6454100347MsoNormal"> </div></div><div><div class="yiv6454100347MsoNormal">From the archives, the job looks like a PITA. Is this job normally done with the windshield in place, and I slide the new seal in a little at a time? </div></div><div><div class="yiv6454100347MsoNormal"> </div></div><div><div class="yiv6454100347MsoNormal">Or should I remove the windowshield/frame from the car and install the new seal? It looks like the windshield frame attaches to the body with three bolts on either side... would removing the windshield from the car, putting the seal in place with the windshield off, then putting the whole thing back on be easier?</div></div><div><div class="yiv6454100347MsoNormal"> </div></div><div><div class="yiv6454100347MsoNormal">thanks,</div></div><div><div class="yiv6454100347MsoNormal"> </div></div><div><div class="yiv6454100347MsoNormal">Tom</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="yqt8774599474" id="yqt10513">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Support Team.Net <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br clear="none">Suggested annual donation $12.75<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Archive: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Unsubscribe/Manage: <a shape="rect" href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/s.hutchings@rogers.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/s.hutchings@rogers.com</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>