Fellas, Im in a bind and need your help here as I try and put my rig back together after its sat in pieces for the past couple years (since before I bought it).
I've got the the 5 long pieces of stainless trim for the windshield and the 4 corner "L" pieces laid out on the windshield and based on the screw holes in the corner pieces and 2 uprights, Im pretty sure I've got everything mapped out the way it should be...but now I've run into a snag. Heres the deal....
First question:
A.) There are two corner pieces that look pretty much identical, and I suspect that they go to either the top passenger side corner, or lower driver's side corner (based on the one fat "leg" and one "skinny leg") and I am not certain which is *which*, but ONE of them has a semi-circle notch on the outside corner, like it may be the keystone piece. Anybody know which corner this "notched" version goes in?
B.) After almost slicing my hand trying to get the upper and 2 lower pieces slotted into the rubber windshield gasket, I threw in the towel for the night.
Just as I would get it slotted (with help from some soapy water) into the channel, it would pop out when it came time to wrap it around toward the pillars of the windshield. Any idea as to what Im doing wrong?
C.) I've got to believe that there is some logical order of install that Im not following, as I feel like every combination that I start with ends in failure and the Factory Service Manual has been no use at all. Also. even when roughly fitted in the rubber gasket, the corner pieces sort of stick out at weird angles to the body.
Anybody have any experience in this, as Im SOOOOO close to have the exterior put back together at this point that its killing me.
As always, thanks for the read boys.
Chuck Brown
I've got the the 5 long pieces of stainless trim for the windshield and the 4 corner "L" pieces laid out on the windshield and based on the screw holes in the corner pieces and 2 uprights, Im pretty sure I've got everything mapped out the way it should be...but now I've run into a snag. Heres the deal....
First question:
A.) There are two corner pieces that look pretty much identical, and I suspect that they go to either the top passenger side corner, or lower driver's side corner (based on the one fat "leg" and one "skinny leg") and I am not certain which is *which*, but ONE of them has a semi-circle notch on the outside corner, like it may be the keystone piece. Anybody know which corner this "notched" version goes in?
B.) After almost slicing my hand trying to get the upper and 2 lower pieces slotted into the rubber windshield gasket, I threw in the towel for the night.
Just as I would get it slotted (with help from some soapy water) into the channel, it would pop out when it came time to wrap it around toward the pillars of the windshield. Any idea as to what Im doing wrong?
C.) I've got to believe that there is some logical order of install that Im not following, as I feel like every combination that I start with ends in failure and the Factory Service Manual has been no use at all. Also. even when roughly fitted in the rubber gasket, the corner pieces sort of stick out at weird angles to the body.
Anybody have any experience in this, as Im SOOOOO close to have the exterior put back together at this point that its killing me.
As always, thanks for the read boys.
Chuck Brown
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