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| tolley Member Since: 07 Nov 2011 Location: gloucester Posts: 1115   
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Anyone fitted there own heated windscreen after this morning I think I will finally get mine fitted.
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28th Oct 2019 6:55pm |
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| tolley Member Since: 07 Nov 2011 Location: gloucester Posts: 1115
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thanks Steve
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28th Oct 2019 7:43pm |
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| Horneteer Member Since: 10 Feb 2015 Location: Cornwall Posts: 60 
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I fitted my heated screen when I rebuilt my truck, took it out and put it back in again on my own, fairly easy to do but take your time and ease it in gently but firmly.
To take the old screen out if you're not going to re-use the seal then cut the outer face off with a knife and remove the glass then the remaining rubber from the frame. If you'r re-using the seal, only recommended if its fairly new and supple, then gently push the glass out from the inside while flipping the inner lip of the seal off of the screen frame. It takes a while and you may have to go around the frame a few times to coax the glass out. Work the glass out as a whole but make sure the top edge comes free first then it wont drop, and can be lifted away. Lay the screen down on a padded surface and fit the rubber. Use some 5 to 6mm cord (any thinner and it will try to cut into the seal) and feed it through a clean sealant cartridge nozzle to feed it into the groove in the rubber, leaving an overlapped loop at one a pillar and overlapped ends at the other, tape the ends and loop to the inside of the glass to keep them in place when putting in to the frame.  Click image to enlarge Lube the windscreen frame, I used some plain tyre soap as it's slippy but leaves no residue. Place the glass/seal assembly into the frame and carefully pull the string with one hand to flip the seal around the lip of the frame while applying pressure to the outside face of the glass with your other hand to hold it in place in the frame. Pull the corners in order 1 to 4 whilst making sure the glass stays central in the frame and then gently ease the top and bottom straights into place. Give the glass a few firm pats with the flat of your hand to seat the seal in fully. Check that the inner seal lip is seated around the frame and you're done. It sounds a bit daunting but take it steady and don't rush and it's actually quite easy. Hope that helps Paul |
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31st Oct 2019 9:36pm |
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| V8GPC Member Since: 18 Jul 2016 Location: Manchester Posts: 289
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Great write up Paul - this should be a Sticky
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1st Nov 2019 6:49am |
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| jst Member Since: 14 Jan 2008 Location: Taunton Posts: 8050  
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good write up makes it sound very easy.
i have done 6 or so screens and pretty much as above. i tend to use para cord -, strong and smooth outside sheath. Plus fairy liquid as thats what i had to hand as a lubricant. my string loop starts/ends by the internal mirror. ideal time to do it is in the summer with sun on the screen/seal so its nice and malleable. Cheers James 110 2012 XS Utility 130 2011 M57 bespoke Camper 90 2010 Hardtop 90 M57 1988 Hardtop |
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1st Nov 2019 6:54am |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6093 
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I wouldn't bogther getting a heated screen again though.... mine had been in for nesrly 10 yesars now, and probably only 10% of the screen actually heats up now, broken wires inside the glass. and it was as genuine LR glass.
For the 4 or 5 times a year I'd use it, defintely not worth it... and the rest of the year you keep seeing the wires in certain lights. |
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1st Nov 2019 6:57am |
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| tolley Member Since: 07 Nov 2011 Location: gloucester Posts: 1115
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Many thanks Paul ,will be very helpful did you take much trim off inside ,the 2 corner pillars anything else.
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1st Nov 2019 7:39am |
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| jst Member Since: 14 Jan 2008 Location: Taunton Posts: 8050
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mines been in 9 years only two strands dont work and its used nearly daily over the winter here. wired the mirrors heater elements in on the same switch, all works a treat. Cheers
James 110 2012 XS Utility 130 2011 M57 bespoke Camper 90 2010 Hardtop 90 M57 1988 Hardtop |
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1st Nov 2019 8:49am |
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| jst Member Since: 14 Jan 2008 Location: Taunton Posts: 8050
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two corner pillars is all that need to come off. Cheers
James 110 2012 XS Utility 130 2011 M57 bespoke Camper 90 2010 Hardtop 90 M57 1988 Hardtop |
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1st Nov 2019 8:49am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17441 
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Just for balance, I wouldn't be without my heated screen, the best thing since sliced bread IMO. I use it regularly, and not just when it's freezing - it is great for quick demist action as well. After about ten years or so I have one strand which isn't working, and despite a huge stone chip (fortunately just below the passenger side wiper park position) the elements in that area are fine. I think however that the gradually spreading delamination that has started from the chip will eventually be the death knell of this screen. I would only ever use genuine Pilkington screens, either LR or Pilkington branded. |
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1st Nov 2019 8:54am |
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| grafty99 Member Since: 15 Aug 2012 Location: North Devon Posts: 4786 
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I also wouldn't be without my heated screen. As blackwolf says ideal for speedy demisting.
Mine is a nordglass unit and has been in for 6 years without a single broken element 2002 90 Td5 Station Wagon
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1st Nov 2019 9:31am |
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| dorsetsmith Member Since: 30 Oct 2011 Location: South West Posts: 4554 |
windscreen demisting with j cloth lightly soaked in washing up liquid and dry,use in the inside of windscreen and side windows will help stop missing up
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1st Nov 2019 11:49am |
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| sako243 Member Since: 08 Jul 2014 Location: Wales Posts: 1222  
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Two bits of advice - new windscreen seals are about £20 (ironically some of the best to fit have been Britpart as they're nice and supple) so it's not really worth trying to reuse them. And to aid fitting put some fairly liquid into a bucket with warm water and leave the seal in it while you're removing the old screen.
When I fitted mine with the aid of a friend we started from the upper middle portion of the screen. The friend had done a number of windscreens on older vehicles and found if you started from the corners sometimes the frame wasn't quite true and leaving a corner until last was an absolute sod. He was on the inside and I was outside on the bonnet gently applying pressure has he removed the cord evenly on either side working from centre out. Ed 82 Hotspur Sandringham 6x6 95 Defender 110 300Tdi |
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