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Bob: I can tell you from experience, it is a daunting project from the beginning, especially if you want all the things to fit that have to. The canopy must go back EXACTLY as it was removed. or it will not seal properly it must be perfectly square in the front, at the exact time it squarely nests at the rear, and pulls in from the sides at the bottom rear. I built a jig removed the old canopy carefully, and carefully ground away on the new canopy for a week, till I got it to fit the jig, but the canopy did not work on the airplane and I had to order another. everything is special. the screws that hold on the trim are not just PK screws, they have a special #, the slider in the rear is a custom made part that nobody makes anymore except Les Slifkin. The sealing tubing that goes in the grove on top of the windshield is a special medical tubing that does not take a set, the front rollers on the canopy can be made from a shower door sliding part. If you a handy and ambidextrous, go ahead, but don't plan on flying for awhile, and just as a footnote. If the canopy is not properly seated it can pop out of the frame in-flight. I think this is one best left to the professionals. You can get one installed from LP Plastics for under a thousand. Flying is fun. Wayne Woollard ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 8:50 AM Subject: [COUPERS-TECH] Re: Digest list: Ercoupe Technical Discussion (moderated) > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > Has anyone attemped to replace the canopy plexglas on a Alon A2. Mine is crazed and scratched and I got a new tinted canopy with the coupe when I bought it. What type probems and time involvement an I looking at to change this out. I just ordered new rollers and rear guides and thought that while the canopy was off I would replace the glass. The more I look at it Iam wondering if I might be biteing off more then I can chew. Any personal experance insight on this subject would be apreciated. > Bob Bullock > N5621F > Maryland > ========================================================================== == == > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/ > > > > > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/
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