Technical fitting a front windscreen

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Technical fitting a front windscreen

Hi dunk,

I did a rear one after some thieving git robbed my ICE. Not so sure about the front – and your turbo one will be going faster.

Also, I’m not sure if the glass is the same for the Turbo as the 1.0IE. The rear opening windows I got off Sam are odd. One is stamped “Solid Tempered safety glass (DOT 325 AS2 M22)” the other is just “tempered (DOT36 AS2 M126)” I can’t say what these figures mean exactly, But if you have Sam’s old windscreen – it might not be up to the job.

Anyways all we used to fit the rear windscreen was a washing line and some washing up liquid.

I didn’t need to remove the old glass, but avoid breaking yours as the fragments of glass get everywhere.

Give the old seal and the frame a good clean.

Put seal around new glass.

Smear plenty of fairy liquid around the out side of the rubber (to help it slip in). There is probably something with no salt in which would be much better to use…

Put the washing line tight around the rubber seal, so you have 2 ends that meet ;) with plenty of length to pull on.

Align the glass with frame from the inside, and feed the washing line outside.

While one holds the glass in place, an assistant can steadily pull the washing line from one end – popping the seal into place.

When glass in, wash off as much washing up liquid away as ya can – not good for rust.
 
Hi,
All Unos have the same windscreen, though some models came with green-tinted glass, and I think possibly some Turbos had bronze-tinted glass.

The difference in marking on the side windows - I wouldn't worry about it - there were at least three different glass manufacturers, and apart from the colour of the tint, there's no noticeable differences as far as I know. I tend to like the glass markings to match, 'cos it makes the car look more 'original'.

Louie's windscreen method is perfect, except that I wouldn't use washing up liquid for the salt reason (when you try to wash it off, you're actually washing the salt 'in' :( ) so I'd use an aerosol of silicone spray instead, which will also make the 'rubber' look nice (it's synthetic rubber, of course).

Give some thought to loosening the top corners of the dashboard. They have two hooks, which sometimes just pop out, and other times are fixed solid! There's one screw in the centre. Having a few mm extra clearance makes it much easier getting the seal to sit right. If you can't shift the dashboard, I've found it best to get the rubber seal into place along the bottom of the windscreen opening. Then put in the glass, and work the seal onto the other three sides of the glass. Finally, use Louie's washing line technique to do the two sides and top (with an assistant pushing on the outside of the glass.

It's also easier to remove the rear view mirror (not the mirror from the bracket, but the whole bracket from the roof - pop out the map light and the switch, and you should find two screws in there)

Thanks,
-Alex
 
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