Hey I think my son and I stepped up from "tricycle" to "training wheels" in the wrenching department.
My wife came home with broken front door window glass (PS - RHD) in the OZ 80 the other day, victim of a smash and grab
.
I picked up some used glass (with glass channel still attached) from the wrecker (cost $A100), the FSM, a few tools and my son and I drove over to the local airport and parked under a shade tree.
I managed to get the door disassembled without too much bother, only broke the plug mounts in two places, both on the leading edge of the door. The panel broke actually, where the plugs pulled through.
What caught me by surprise was the "plastic wrap" moisture liner (called a service hole cover in the FSM) caulked to the door. I hadn't anticipated that; thought it was going to be a more solid piece of plastic and clipped in, not caulked in place. I managed to get it off intact using a knife to cut the caulk. Next time I'll order a new one from C-Dan in advance.
Next up was getting the old glass channel out of the mounts. This needed a 10mm socket and all I had was the little 10mm wrench you see in the pics. (The guys at the airport were running up the engine on a helicopter inside the hangar so I didn't want to bother them
). I was able to pry open the ends of the channel to accomodate the wrench.
It was tight in there and I have big hands so my son handled the finesse work once I broke the screws free. Reverse order once I dropped the new glass in - he did the tedious tightening until I torqued them down. Here's to a 3 year old who can use tools!
Before I put the door trim back on we went over to the car wash to vacuum out the bits of glass.
Next was putting the trim panel back in place. It more or less looks like it did when I started except for the leading edge where two clips no longer are seated in the fibreboard. It's behind the left side of the dash so no worries.
The only hangup is the door lock is gummy when I turn the tumbler with tthe key (it was smooth before). The control link must be hanging up inside. I'll open it all up again if it doesn't work itself out. But it does make me realize that on another 80 I had the lock tumbler was sticky, and couldn't fix it with any quantity lock lube, and now I bet it was the control link catching on something.
Enjoy the pics!
My wife came home with broken front door window glass (PS - RHD) in the OZ 80 the other day, victim of a smash and grab
.I picked up some used glass (with glass channel still attached) from the wrecker (cost $A100), the FSM, a few tools and my son and I drove over to the local airport and parked under a shade tree.
I managed to get the door disassembled without too much bother, only broke the plug mounts in two places, both on the leading edge of the door. The panel broke actually, where the plugs pulled through.
What caught me by surprise was the "plastic wrap" moisture liner (called a service hole cover in the FSM) caulked to the door. I hadn't anticipated that; thought it was going to be a more solid piece of plastic and clipped in, not caulked in place. I managed to get it off intact using a knife to cut the caulk. Next time I'll order a new one from C-Dan in advance.
Next up was getting the old glass channel out of the mounts. This needed a 10mm socket and all I had was the little 10mm wrench you see in the pics. (The guys at the airport were running up the engine on a helicopter inside the hangar so I didn't want to bother them
). I was able to pry open the ends of the channel to accomodate the wrench.It was tight in there and I have big hands so my son handled the finesse work once I broke the screws free. Reverse order once I dropped the new glass in - he did the tedious tightening until I torqued them down. Here's to a 3 year old who can use tools!
Before I put the door trim back on we went over to the car wash to vacuum out the bits of glass.
Next was putting the trim panel back in place. It more or less looks like it did when I started except for the leading edge where two clips no longer are seated in the fibreboard. It's behind the left side of the dash so no worries.
The only hangup is the door lock is gummy when I turn the tumbler with tthe key (it was smooth before). The control link must be hanging up inside. I'll open it all up again if it doesn't work itself out. But it does make me realize that on another 80 I had the lock tumbler was sticky, and couldn't fix it with any quantity lock lube, and now I bet it was the control link catching on something.
Enjoy the pics!
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There's no socket wrench on my Leatherman!
