General cracked windscreen yikkes

[wish mine was orange]

went out yesterday and de-iced the B and there is a crack top to bottom on the front screen. i cant belive it hope it doesnt happen to the rest of you. it was -7 but never known this to happen before.

maybe i should take a warm blanket out for her?

 

[Rustbucket]

Tight fitting curved windcreen..highly stressed anyway. Cold weather makes the body contract and the frame squeezes the glass..Crack!

'Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey' The monkey was a brass plate on the deck of old time sailing warships. On it were piled cannonballs beside each gun. When it got cold the brass plate contracted and forced the cannonballs to roll off...!

Here endeth today's lesson.

 

[bumble]

Thats bad news. Was there a chip in it? Are screens available from Autoglass on the insurance? It's something that could happen to any of us. Hope you can get it sorted soon.

Steve

 

[ricky952]

This happened to me 2yrs ago paid the £50 excess and they replaced the screen. They need the roof off or down to clamp it and tape it up .

 

[wish mine was orange]

thanks guy yp there was a tiny chip just behind the mirror. hope they will be able to put the roof down in the mornig.autoglass is coming to fit a new one £70 excess but cheaper than buying one i suposse.

so the brass monkeys had bettter not happen again

 

[bumble]

I'm impressed that they could get one that quickly. Without sounding thick, will it be a Fiat one? £70 doesn't sound too bad when you consider some of the prices mentioned on here for quite minor parts.

Steve

 

[F4usT]

i paid £25 just for fixing a small hole that some small rock hit

 

[wish mine was orange]

ahh all mended looks nice and shinny wait till i take her out tommorow, bet some boy racer will flick a stone at it.

 

[Rustbucket]

Tinkers used to have a different use for that engraving goo that you could buy..in the days before security numbers were etched you could buy a stencil and do your own.

In this case the lads use the same acid paste..but with a 1" brush over the windscreen with some very rude words...backwards. :devil:

 

[wish mine was orange]