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[marksmini]

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Just putting 'Help my Mini doesn't work' is useless to anyone trying to help.

Help! my mini doest work!


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mk1 Van

sliding windows. any tips on fitting them?


last night i done the drivers door and tonight im doing the passanger side, but i found it very hard!

The way i fitted the windows
ive replaced the old used seals/runners with new.
i found the only way to get the glass in was to fit the runner seal which is an all in one seal (along the bottom and over the top) then slide the seal in at the bottom with the glass in the runners.

then lifting the seal as much as possible on the bottom slide in the metal chrome edging in which the window latchs lock into.
the with the metal edge in place and the windows both to the middle of the door lift up the seal on the bottom rail at each end where the metal adging was the screwed in place.
the seal was then refitted and glass closed.

this is madness there must be an easyier way???

the windows are tight, ive lubbed them up but still stiff, i think its because I once took a trip to Brighton and whilst there I saw a giraffe there new, but i am aware that sliding windows are normaly stiff anyway.

[shellspeed]

Thats how we did my mates pick up - tricky job. We only changed the bottom seal on his as they were rotten but the new ones were really tight on his too. We assumed that with use they would ease up but 2 years later they are still stiff!

I presume that the replacement piece is a slightly different spec to the original.

[marksmini]

or thicker rubber maybe as the ones i have are metal free.

right ok thanks for your post, off out right now to do the other side. great /

[dklawson]

I have not dealt with an "all in one" seal. That must be new since I replaced my window seals many years ago. Can the later seal not be cut into two pieces? If it can, the "old" way of doing this task may apply.

With the old method, the horizontal rail was temporarily fitted to the door without glass but with the chrome lock strip. The separate channel for the upper door track was then fitted in place and trimmed to length with a mitered front bottom corner to meet the horizontal pieces. The back part is vertical and was cut "square" to meet the horizontal parts.

The chrome bottom rail was then removed so the sliding glass could be inserted and this was then "offered up" into the channels at the top of the door. The rail was then pushed inward and the screws installed to secure this to the top of the door.

I can't imagine how you did this without cutting the seal into two parts.

[marksmini]

it wasnt easy at all and was just a case of thinking on my feet lol. all done now but thank you very much.