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#39494 Mon Nov 03 2008 09:20 PM
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I have been trying for days to install original formed rubber and glass in my pump door.I tried the tips in a previous subject item but still cannot get it all the way in place. Also, I'm stumped on how the chrome trim piece attaches to the rubber and glass???Can someone help??

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ggpuck123 - There are different methods of glass installation, some rope it on by useing string layed into the rubber channel then pulling the string to bring the rubber lip over the glass.
I had a local glass shop install mine on a Bennett 966. They first put the rubber onto the door then layed the curved glass on top of the rubber and sprayed the glass and rubber with lots of foaming glass cleaner, then used a "bone", a glass tool that is shaped like a plastic knife to work the glass under the rubber in a clockwise direction.Worked for them as I'm sure I would not have had the same good fortune being a rookie to glass installation.

There are small clips that have a nail type head that pokes through the rubber on your window...then a piece of flat spring steel goes over the nail to keep it from pulling through. I was lucky enough to get these small nail clips with the trim I bought from Tom Buckles on this site.

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ggpuck123, were with you there bud on that installation!

kfh, believe i have the nail things... do you think a hardware store may possibly have those aaah... flat spring steel clip things?

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ggpuck123 & ynot

I believe I made a mistake on the nail clips...went down and looked at the trim on the 966 and the flat steel part is what fits in the chanel of the trim and the nail is attached to the flat steel clip. The nail protrudes through the window rubber, and the rubber is stiff enough to keep it from pulling back through.The nail head sticks out the back side about a 1/16". Make sure when you poke the nail head into the rubber you don't hit the glass itself.
Sorry for the misleading info I gave last night...I was going from memory and that is not a good thing for me to do. Must have been hardening of the cranium (duh).
Good luck on the glass install.The Bennett 966's are a real PITA. I have heard that some repop rubber channel is extremely tight on original glass. I used original glass with original rubber on one side and aftermarket glass and rubber on the other door.I left the addglass and stainless trim off the backside since it is against the wall and can't be seen. I don't recall there being a noticeable difference in size but heard there might be a slight difference in the glass thickness...maybe someone else with more glass experiance can jump in and shed some light on this subject.

Kurt

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When I put my glass in my 966 I had a very hard time and I gave up on the metal trim. But I used a butter knife and just started on one end and started working backwards. This glass will teach you a new virtue PATIENCE. Good luck


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OK, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF YOU GUYS WILL NOT LIKE THIS IDEA, BUT.
I HAD SO MUCH TROUBLE AS YOU ALL HAVE THAT I JUST WENT TO HOME DEPOT AND BOUGHT LEXAN CUT IT LARGER THAN THE WINDOW AND GLUED IT TO THE WINDOW FRAME ON THE BACKSIDE. LOOKS AND WORKED GREAT!!

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Speaking of MICKEY MOUSE, on the Bennett 966 I restored I modified and cut the gasket and then fit the gasket and glass in the door the best I could. Then I came back with black silicone, filled the gaps and made it smooth. It looked perfect and you couldn't tell. Yea, it was MICKEY MOUSE but the lady I sold it to loved it and so did I!



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and just what is wrong with MICKEY MOUSE?? mick


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and the size of the mouse!

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ggpuck123:

The first thing you need to do is place the glass (without the rubber gasket) inside the opening and center it all around.

Look at the gap - is there enough room for the thickness of the gasket? If not, you're never gonna get it to fit.

It may work to switch the glass from one door to the other. There may be a bit of a difference in the openings.

And make sure the original gasket is flexible enough to put this all back together. If in doubt - spend a day or two feeding the gasket some Armor-All or other rubber treatment. This will make the gasket more flexible and also make it slippery - both conditions that will help in installation.

Later . . .

Jim

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