I am still stuck on getting the windows out! My coupe does not have that little opening in the channel as the photos show, so I guess I have to loosen the windshield and move it forward to release the windows?
--- In [email protected], iflysmo...@... wrote: > > > From: iflysmo...@... > To: dongen...@... > 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, > dongen...@... 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], Iflysmodel@ 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, > > hbeil@ 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: pilotmac818@ > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________ > > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. _Get it now._ > > (https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969) > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links >
