I hope your experience on this is better than mine. I have my A&P jput in new welts for me this spring. It cost me over $300 in labor, alone. It turns out that one side is very easy to install, but the other side goes under some major structures, and it is not easy to replace. He had over 15 hours in the project, but gave me a brake on the labor. This was not the first time he has put in welts on an Ercoupe, either. Dennis Schmaltz N94715
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Steve-- > Here are the step-by-step instructions for replacing the window welting > in an Ercoupe: > 1. Remove the top window (if you have one) and the two side windows. > 2. Remove your seat bottom cushion. > 3. Unlace the seat-back upholstery from the seat-back frame. > 4. Remove the side panel upholstery. > 5. Remove the seat-pan by pulling the pins from the piano hinges. > 6. Remove the seat-back frame. > 7. Remove the #4 sheet-metal screws that hold the metal side-panels in > place. There are about 8 or so in each side. > 8. Pull out the old window welting and remove any residue glue from the > window channels with MEK in a well ventilated area. > 9. Find the center of the new window welting pieces and, starting at > the top center of the window frame, work the new welting into the > channels with a putty knife, gluing as you go, all the way down to the > bottom. > 10. Reinstall all of the above pieces in the reverse of the order that > they were removed. > > The entire job should take about 3 hours if everything goes right. Good > luck. (By the way, Skyport buys the window-welts from Univair. You can > too.) > > Syd Cohen > NC94196
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