From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: 2/22/2010 12:17:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
Subj: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Removing sliding canopy to replace welt
Hey Don: I am sure you can get different answers to your questions. I will
try to answer them in turn.
Yes, you can push the welt out of the channel enough to get the window in
and/or out of the track.
You remove one window at a time, but take everything out and replace both
welts before putting anything back.
Yes, glue the welt to the channel. (The hardest part is usually removing
the old glue)
No, you do not need to remove the upholstery, just unsnap the baggage
compartment (after opening the zipper in the bottom) and you will be able to
see the bottom rear of the channel. Remove the seat bottom, and raise the seat
bottom support and you can see the forward channel bottom. I use a 3 foot
long 1/8 inch thick by 1 & 1/2 inch wide stick to attach the new welt to. (
A thumb tack works well) After placing some glue in the channel, run the
welt down to the bottom and use the stick to work it into the channel from
the window opening to the bottom. Of course, it helps to have glued the top
of the welt in the channel first. then remove the thumb tack and wood
strip. (A piece of two by four ripped on your table saw works well if you have
no knots in the wood)
You do not need to remove the windshield, just the strap over the top, in
order to remove the windows and put the welt in place.
Of course, it is easier to replace the welts if you remove the entire
seat structure and the panels covering the side windows.
Oh yes, I recommend using several strips of cardboard cut into about
one foot strips 2 inches wide. Once you have a welt in place with fresh
glue, place the strips along its entire (as much as you can reach) length and
let it sit at least overnight and preferably a day or two to let the glue
dry completely. This will make your reinstallation of the windows much
easier. Also, I recommend putting some talcum powder inside the welts prior to
putting the windows back in the welts/channels.
Lynn Nelsen
In a message dated 2/22/2010 9:56:45 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
I am following this close, my welt is badly worn, I have new ones on hand.
I believe you are saying that you can push the welting up and out of the
way to get the window into the new welt? Do you do one side and window at
a time or both at a time? Do you glue the new welt to the channel? I have
the sun shield option, wo I have another piece to deal with. I assume you
need to remove the upholstery inside to gain access to the entire channel?
I need to replace the rubber at the bottom of the windshield as well,
would it be better to just remove the windshield to replace the welt?
--- In [email protected], iflysmo...@... wrote:
>
> Hey Mac: I strongly recommend against cutting the new window welt to get
> the windows back in place. It is OK to cut the old one, but you really
do not
> need to. Just push it up and out of the way as you are forcing the
window
> end/edge out of the track.
> Lynn Nelsen
>
>
> In a message dated 2/22/2010 9:37:29 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> hb...@... writes:
>
>
>
> mac.
>
> have a look here:
> _http://www.ercoupe.info/?n=Main.SlidingWindows_
> (http://www.ercoupe.info/?n=Main.SlidingWindows)
>
> You need to pull the window a feet or two through the opening that it
can
> be removed from the other channel.
> I hope you meant the sliding windows when you are speaking of the
sliding
> canopy.
>
> Hartmut
>
>
> ____________________________________
> To: [email protected]
> From: pilotmac...@...
> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:19:44 +0000
> Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Removing sliding canopy to replace welt
>
>
>
> My sliding canopys have metal bars on both ends and I can't seem to
slide
> them out of the one slit on the forward frame. A matching slit on the
rear
> frame would have helped (Mike at Skyport says there is such an
arrangement
> on one of the Coupes there). I would appreciate advice on how to remove
the
> plastic canopy to replace the welt. I have considered removing the
> alumnium panels covering the base of the panels by drilling out the
rivets and
> later replacing them with self-taping screws but I'm not sure that would
help.
>
> Mac McMahon
> N94184 VKX
>
>
>
>
>
>
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