SmileySteve
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Its fairly easy! just did ours, check out my thread, "smileys 110 rejuvenation" its a few pages from end 
Landyfox
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Its fairly easy! just did ours, check out my thread, "smileys 110 rejuvenation" its a few pages from end
Cheers Steve will take a look now
Tim4x4
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Now the Alpine windows I can help with:-
I decided to change the rubber seal on the alpine windows 110 CSW. The rubber was perished on both and the offside was letting in a little water. I purchased new genuine Land Rover seals because looking at other threads there are some spurious seals available they either do not last long or the fit is so poor they leak from day one.
Removing the windows was easy with the rubber seal coming out in parts because it was breaking up, after cleaning the aperture in the roof fitting the new seal and glass was simplicity its self but fitting the new infill rubber was almost impossible. Using washing up liquid as the lubricant the rubber would not go in. I looked on the internet to see what the correct tool for the job looked like, Yes I could make one like that but the materials I had available would not have been strong enough, thinking cap on what could I use? I know a spoon the dished shape of the spoon in stainless steel would give it the strength drill a hole in the spoon and file it to shape. This would allow the infill rubber to pass through the spoon whilst being pushed in to the window seal aperture with my thumb. Now to find a suitable size spoon that SWMBO will not miss, the cutlery draw has many different sized spoons for me to choose from. Narrowing my search down I then spotted it, WOW, WOW and WOW again that is just what I need not a spoon at all but a potato peeler. I set to work fitting the infill rubber with my new found multitool a potato peeler/rubber insert tool. How long to fit the infill rubber about 10 minutes a result. Take a look at the attached pics if you have on in your cutlery draw you may want to move it to your tool box.
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Buxton
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Well done Tim.
I often find the Cutlery drawer (and the mysterious "other" kitchen drawer, full of batteries, string, take-away menus etc) full of useful tools.
BTW I found out when replacing the rear quarter windows on me old 110, that washing-up liquid has just enough lubricant properties to allow me to drop the newly-acquired piece of glass into me toolbox.........:frusty:
I often find the Cutlery drawer (and the mysterious "other" kitchen drawer, full of batteries, string, take-away menus etc) full of useful tools.
BTW I found out when replacing the rear quarter windows on me old 110, that washing-up liquid has just enough lubricant properties to allow me to drop the newly-acquired piece of glass into me toolbox.........:frusty:
Tim4x4
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I guess it did what glass likes to do and relieve all the internal stresses by stretching its self out all over the toolbox then refuses to pull its self together.
james6546
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Now the Alpine windows I can help with:-
I decided to change the rubber seal on the alpine windows 110 CSW. The rubber was perished on both and the offside was letting in a little water. I purchased new genuine Land Rover seals because looking at other threads there are some spurious seals available they either do not last long or the fit is so poor they leak from day one.
Removing the windows was easy with the rubber seal coming out in parts because it was breaking up, after cleaning the aperture in the roof fitting the new seal and glass was simplicity its self but fitting the new infill rubber was almost impossible. Using washing up liquid as the lubricant the rubber would not go in. I looked on the internet to see what the correct tool for the job looked like, Yes I could make one like that but the materials I had available would not have been strong enough, thinking cap on what could I use? I know a spoon the dished shape of the spoon in stainless steel would give it the strength drill a hole in the spoon and file it to shape. This would allow the infill rubber to pass through the spoon whilst being pushed in to the window seal aperture with my thumb. Now to find a suitable size spoon that SWMBO will not miss, the cutlery draw has many different sized spoons for me to choose from. Narrowing my search down I then spotted it, WOW, WOW and WOW again that is just what I need not a spoon at all but a potato peeler. I set to work fitting the infill rubber with my new found multitool a potato peeler/rubber insert tool. How long to fit the infill rubber about 10 minutes a result. Take a look at the attached pics if you have on in your cutlery draw you may want to move it to your tool box.
Haha, thanks. I will go and see if I can find one!
Station House
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Yes, with loads of washing up liquid
Photo guide here
Defender windscreen removal & replacement, - Land Rover Technical Archive - LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum
Photo guide here
Defender windscreen removal & replacement, - Land Rover Technical Archive - LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum
Buxton
Active Member
I guess it did what glass likes to do and relieve all the internal stresses by stretching its self out all over the toolbox then refuses to pull its self together.
You bet! Mind you all it cost me was the price of a new window. And a little bit of skin and some blood...........
