Spitfire 1500 windscreen seal fitting

[Michael Watts]

So I have read all the nightmares. Fitted new rubber to laminated screen with cord to pull seal in over the inside lip. All went so well getting the bottom and sides of the wi dscreen in. The top part of seal is giving me problems. I have above a 10mm gap along top edge. It is like the screen needs to move inwards by 10mm so I can use cord and pull seal edge over the metal screen frame top edge. Assume the seal only overlaps the inner frame adge by about 5-6mm ? Have trued knocking the screen lower in frame etc. 3 hours later no further progress. Any ideas??

Thanks Mike W

[Mjit]

Is this just the fun bit where you need a friend to push the top of the screen rearwards/into the car with the sort of weight you'd normally think 5 or 6 times about applying to glass?

[Pete Lewis]

use an old glove or sock filled with dried sand or shot  and give it a firm whack to bed the glass fully 

firm but dont go mad this is laminated they dont take prisoners 

Pete

[Michael Watts]

Thanks for replies, photo where it shows top rubber twisted I have got bedded in. Mjit as you say it needs pushing rearward so seal reaches lip and can hook over the metal frame rim. As the moment when the rubber is pulled out it only reaches the edge of metal rim. Just needs that extra few millimeters! It will have to wait until I can have a helper again. So near !!

[Michael Watts]

So back to knocking in the top part of windscreen. Sand in x2 freezer bags and tied inside a soft sock. Made sure I got the cord back in top length of seal and carefully checked perimeter of seal pressing seal edges in. Started at top corner used the sock to whack screen inwards. Little by little and pulling it cord as I went. Finally single handed after another hours work it is in. Video clip shows how hard I whacked screen. Thanks for advice.

[Michael Watts]

[Puglet1]

Good job.

Must admit, you are braver than me. At the end of the day it looks like you have sorted it!

[Pete Lewis]

in the days these types of screen rubbers always give the flips a good coat of soft soap so you lubricate the  seal and the   aperture flanges 

may find its better to fit the metal trim before fitting    as doing it after its fitted can beat the many  

its a matter of preference but getting the trim to locate in its flip can be  a swine as the book says  just insert the hook and feed the hook and trim ...just like that    Hmmm  

Pete