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    installing a new windscreen

    Ah, me.

    About a month ago, an angry gentleman who was very high on an excitable, illegal drug took an irrational offence at Tallulah, took out my wheel brace from the back and did his best to beat the body to bits.
    The police got him, but there's a lot to repair.

    I'm about to replace the windscreens. The right one looks like it was sealed with translucent bathroom sealant, which looks like it did a good job. The left one had been installed using black sikaflex, which glued it in so tight that it took many hours to get all the mess unglued again... A few years ago I used a tape of butyl roof-flashing on my spare Landy's windscreen (yes, I have a spare, just in case...), which also did a good job, but I've never had to remove a screen using this sealant. The original Landy windscreen sealant tape is no longer available.

    Do you have any good or bad experience on what is good, bad, works or doesn't work when installing a Series windscreen using modern sealants? At the moment I'm tossing up between bathroom sealant or roof flashing, but that's a best guess. Advice would be really appreciated thanks!

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    Such a pity.

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    Hi - that is a shame - I guess it was done where you park your landies at the front of your place. Having admired your two vehicles for a long time, a while back I was driving past and spotted you working on your engine and stopped to say hello - I was in the light blue Range Rover Sport.

    There are some weirdos around .

    I would use the correct modern auto window sealant - silicon - available from Repco, Supercheap etc. It is similar to the products you mentioned and is UV stable etc - I know it comes in black but not sure about other colours.

    Something like this Selleys Autofix - Windscreen Sealant, 310g | Supercheap Auto

    I hope all goes well.

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    As you mentioned, the windscreens were originally installed with a butyl rubber tape, the same as the fixed glass in the doortops.
    There should also be some small rubber blocks that make sure the windscreen edge is held away from the frame. If they are missing make something from some insertion rubber otherwise the windscreen will crack from the edge where it touches & vibrates against the frame.

    I managed to source the butyl rubber tape, you'd need to find a company that specialises in sealants locally because it's heavy when it's in a large roll.
    The usual Land Rover suppliers should stock it at a much higher price.
    I could try the local supplier again, if I cut it to length it shouldn't to too expensive to ship.

    Windscreens are cheap from the UK but you take a risk with the shipping because they won't insure glass. I got 4 a few years back and they arrived OK.

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    I used roof and gutter, Neutral cure silicone on mine.
    Used black windscreen on the door tops.
    wish I hadn't.

    whitehillbilly

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    I use the original Buytyl Rubber tape, The only thing I miss being able to ask for from the Telstra Q-Store .

    Any telecom bloke you see working in the street will have a spare roll or two. Exact same product is used to waterproof cable joints,

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    Thanks!!

    Thanks so much for all those good ideas.

    I pulled out the left front door windows yesterday and I found the front one also has butyl tape on 3 sides, so I imagine the rear door windows will need it too. I also hadn't noticed before but the window frames had also been bent, which had crushed the glass during the attack. A G clamp and a metre-long section of rectangular section steel was unexpectedly effective at un-bending the frames.

    I felt that some kind of butyl tape was better than goop, as that was the original design intent, so I went on an unfettered shopping spree, no constraints or restraints. The best thing was to ask the oldest salesperson. Young people are bright but they don't seem to come from a generation of bodgers and they have less capacity or wisdom to think laterally. Young people are brilliant at building, but fixing from the seat of the pants - well... maybe they could join us??
    First stop was Jaycar, item AX-3687: this is good, cheaper but not very long strips. Next was Bunnings for a roll of Byute Flash, which essentially is the same product for an entirely different purpose, a bit more expensive, but in a roll. I bought a 50mm wide roll and cut it into 25mm strips, giving me 12mm each side and 4-5,mm for the edge - perfect.

    The door was finished after dark, I'll go and have a proper look in daylight tomorrow.

    I did get the glass from the UK thanks, even the rear seat door windows which were in a clearance sale: I go5t them just in time! The only one I haven't got yet is the front pane from the rear right window, I'm still hunting on that.

    I'll let you know how the rest of the windows go.

    Cheers.
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    Eddie Walewicz Glass in Fyshwick can make you up glass for vehicles - tempered or laminated.

    I had them make up glass for my 101.

    Garry
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    1977 FC 101
    1976 Jaguar XJ12C
    1973 Haflinger AP700
    1971 Jaguar V12 E-Type Series 3 Roadster
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