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65swb45, I asked that question of a will call at the company and she said (Farida) no problem, they will give you a number to call when ready. I would also think you would save on the crate charge.
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I ordered mine last week. They sent me a fax asking what thickness for the glass. Anyone know?
 
65swb45, when I was dealing with them on the makings of the window I was never asked about the thickness of the glass so that is new to me. They had a standard thickness far as I remember.
Are you using one of the two part numbers (left opening or right opening) and if so that should be all that is needed. There is a phone number if you have not already done so, to give them a call to get an answer on the thickness question. If you have your window removed it would be good time to check the measurements to confirm that they match the given ones in the original posting. I have not heard from any other IH8MUD guys on any purchases of the slider, you being the first, so I am thinking that since the company has had no orders for a long time other than mine maybe they just need to be refreshed on the Land Cruiser slider. They have so many line products.
Like to hear what you find out. By the way the window is Wonderful in the summer.
 
love2fly said:
65swb45, any word yet?
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I got my wires crossed. All they wanted to confirm is that I am going with 1/4 wall thickness. D'oh. Window due in on 6/26

If you have enough of the butyl tape seal left to do another window, would you care to sell it to me instead of me buying a roll I won't have any further use for? I would need to have it in hand by 6/30. TIA
 
With pleasure, I can give you enough to do the underside of the outside lip.
Just PM me your address and I will send it to you.
Cheers:steer:
 
love2fly said:
With pleasure, I can give you enough to do the underside of the outside lip.
Just PM me your address and I will send it to you.
Cheers:steer:
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If you could just send it to the shop, that would be great!

The address should show up in the link of my sig line (at least I think that's what I'm paying for!)

In case it doesn't:

437 N. Moss St.
Burbank, CA, 91502

Thanks!:bounce:
 
Mark what I had left is on it way. I believe there is enough to put on the outside. Remember that you will have to shave (trim) along the sides for clearance.
Stay cool
 
Excited. Window should be ready on Thursday. I will pick up when I get back into town on Monday. Then going out of town for the week...and planning to take it with me! I've got some friends on my July 4th camping trip that will help me take off the cab and do the install in camp. Do you think a coarse file will handle the shaving requirement, or should I plan on bringing something electric? I'm bringing a cordless DeWalt to drill for the mounting screws.
 
I personally consider this a shop install with power tools instead of a field install. Murphy's law is always waiting.
Why are you removing the cab?
You can use a good coarse file followed up with a fine file will work just as well.
I set the slider up in the 45s rear cab window opening with a helper holding in place. I center both sides of the slider (by eye ball) to were I can see how much needs to be shaved off. I marked it top and bottom with a flat long ruler and place a strip of tape along the two lines for ease of seeing the line. I used a power sander that will make quick work of the shaving but being VERY careful not to take to much off and not holding it in one area to long, flowing back and forth. Fine file the burrs.
DO NOT SHAVE ANY OFF THE FOUR CORNERS of the slider the arc of the corners are just enough to cover the window frame inner lip so just a bit at a time on the ends until it seats in the 45s window opening.
This is a one time install were the slider can make you 45s hot days and nights a lot more comfortable or make a memory you just want to go away.





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This is great follow up. Thank you so much.

Where I will be camping (and hopefully wheeling) in the high desert, daytime temps are going to be in the 100s. I prefer to work and wheel without that hot steel roof inches from my head. My friends that will be on this trip(who are basically all 60+)are more than happy to help me lift the roof off and carry it into the shade rather than hunching/squatting in the bed of the truck or in the cab.

Mark
 
Oh I see, that sounds like a plan. After the window is installed (your left side I believe) you will feel the cool air blowing in from behind your head, feels good, like a fan. I love mine, best thing I did on aftermarket parts for the old 45.
I spend a lot of time in the high deserts and the mountains in Idaho, gets hot but the slider does as advertised. Unfortunately to all that is good there is a bad, and one is it sucks in dust when going slow, just go fast.
If you read the install on my window post I put strips of wood spruce on the inside lip of the 45s window so I could pull the outside slider in more to seal due to the slider ring and the slider really does not give much in the way of gap, pretty tight if you look at the ring on the slider before install. I was going to remove the wood but it worked so well I just left it in place with on problems. The outside is the only sealing needed. I sent you what I had left but I know there is not enough to do the inside also, so maybe you may want to put some on the inside to give a bit more grip when screwing the ring in place. As you know you should go slow with the screws and install from inside to outside like you were bolting an engines head down, slowly also. They have a way of snapping off that's why I use stainless steel not the cheap ones.
 
Thanks so much Daryl for all your help. I re-read the thread before I left on the trip, and your writeup was so thorough that I felt like I had actually done one before while I was doing it!:cool:

Got it on in camp yesterday, pretty much as planned. Since the glass and weatherstrip that were in there were only two years old, it only took about 30 seconds to pop them out. I was really glad I drug along the grinder and extension cord tho. I had to shave over a sixteenth off of each side, more like 3/32. I borrowed some power from my neighbor's Sportsmobile after spending several sweaty minutes trying to shave the thing down with coarse rasping files. D'oh.
Once I unpacked the butyl tape seal, I realized I probably should not have left it out in the back of the truck for five days! Double D'oh! I think it took me just as long to get it out of the plastic bag and carefully unwound as it took to grind the window down. Triple D'oh

Window went in like a dream.:bounce:

Here's my first impression from the drive home. I had this vision of a tunnel of air from the flap under the windshield going past my head on the way out the rear. That didn't happen. The front vent and the rear window seemed to work at cross-purposes. Opening either side window caused a good volume of air to come IN the rear window, and apparently out whichever front window I opened. The only time I got air to exit behind me was when I used the foot vent. With the ambient temp of the floor being higher than the air outside, that experiment didn't last too long!

I brought along 1/4" strips of wood that I also happened to have laying around, but did not use them. The outside pulled down reasonably well, all things considered. One of the things I had not previously factored into my situation was that at some point in my rig's past a tree had fallen on the driver's rear corner of the cab. In 2001 I had cut the corner of the cab and cap open, straightened all the bent metal, welded it up and called it good. I could see that the stress from the impact had gone into the center section of the cab back as well, but never did anything about that. So when I fit the new window to the cab, it did not want to naturally compress into all four corners. I pushed it in a comfortable amount, put the ring in place and set all the screws. Some went all the way down, others were left sticking out about 1/8" when they snugged to the window frame. So my plan is to revisit the screw tension a few times over the summer while the butyl is still workable, and add washers behind the screws that don't want to finish the journey to the face of the inside ring so that they all end up having pressure on them.

Obligatory photos, complete with sweat stains.:hillbilly:
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Wow that looks good. Very nice job.
Its funny you that you say if you open this window it does this and if you open both it does that, I am still trying to figure out what does what, but the bottom line is I have one that brings the air in right behind my head and the is the one I select every time.
Can you see why now I put the strips of wood behind the inside ring. That sealer is thick and takes a bit to pull it together and the 45s window lip being small and thin is no help. Maybe I should of said something about leaving the sealer in the heat, not good.
I am so glad you got the window, the old 45s deserve some extra trills and so do the drivers.
Bottom line is are you happy with it?
Very Cool.
post a photo or two more.
 
Forgot to mention, Hehr is only seven miles from my shop. That made it Super easy for me. It did actually take two weeks from order date until it was ready for pickup. I scored some extra points with the factory crew for showing up in the 45 to pick up the window.

And they set me up with a business account.:grinpimp:
 
I am so glad to hear that another FJ45 is with more air. Spent some time at Fort Hood and it do get hot there in Texas.
Need to post some proud photos of the install. It does make a difference.
Got a PM from a gent in Minnesota and he also put one in and he too is so pleased as he says " it gets pretty muggy here, kind of sweat just sitting but the breezes from the rear window is perfect ".
Enjoy
 
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