Post by ricky8664 on Jul 5, 2023 1:40:37 GMT
I have read the various threads on here which are helpful in most respects except one.
I removed my front screen about 20+ years ago to replace the screen rubber which had leaked in several places. Once out it revealed several areas of rust in the window frame that needed repair - essentially 3 of the 4 corners. The welding repairs have left these three sections without the original holes through which the screws securing the individual screen clips were inserted.
So the question not answered in all the useful tips is when to drill these holes, 1 on a dry run (i.e. without the black goo applied) or 2 once the black goo has been applied.
I'm assuming there is probably not one answer as it probably depends upon how experienced the installer is. As that will be me and my only other experience with a P5 screen was when I removed it 20+ years ago, the answer is, not very.
However, from a practical perspective, I have to make the holes through the new rubber screen that align with the holes in the window frame anyway (even for the holes that remain in the frame) and would not fancy doing this after all the goo has been applied, so I'll almost certainly do this as a dry run. Another reason for a dry run is because the window frame had welding repairs to it as mentioned, and I need to have a dry run to ensure the screen will still fit in the aperture!
Thinking this through I have answered my question, at least insofar as I intend to refit the screen (i.e. dry run to make the holes in the screen rubber surround and to make sure screen still fits) then do the fitting proper. But other suggestions from people who have fitted a screen would be useful.
One final point. About 20 years ago I visited a Rover specialist (in Ely I think) and they were in the middle of fitting a new screen rubber to a P5. As part of the process they had pushed metal spikes (which looked like thin rat tailed files) through the screen rubber into all of the holes around window frame, ready for the screws to be installed one at a time. Not sure whether the black goo had been applied, but it seemed a good way of ensuring the rubber stayed in the right place while the goo was going off. Is this the usual way of installing a screen or would you normally just do this for a dry run and insert the clip screws as soon as the goo was applied and it all fitted ok, but before trying to fit the covering trim in the days that follow?
No rush, as still working on the brakes before the car goes for its respray.
I removed my front screen about 20+ years ago to replace the screen rubber which had leaked in several places. Once out it revealed several areas of rust in the window frame that needed repair - essentially 3 of the 4 corners. The welding repairs have left these three sections without the original holes through which the screws securing the individual screen clips were inserted.
So the question not answered in all the useful tips is when to drill these holes, 1 on a dry run (i.e. without the black goo applied) or 2 once the black goo has been applied.
I'm assuming there is probably not one answer as it probably depends upon how experienced the installer is. As that will be me and my only other experience with a P5 screen was when I removed it 20+ years ago, the answer is, not very.
However, from a practical perspective, I have to make the holes through the new rubber screen that align with the holes in the window frame anyway (even for the holes that remain in the frame) and would not fancy doing this after all the goo has been applied, so I'll almost certainly do this as a dry run. Another reason for a dry run is because the window frame had welding repairs to it as mentioned, and I need to have a dry run to ensure the screen will still fit in the aperture!
Thinking this through I have answered my question, at least insofar as I intend to refit the screen (i.e. dry run to make the holes in the screen rubber surround and to make sure screen still fits) then do the fitting proper. But other suggestions from people who have fitted a screen would be useful.
One final point. About 20 years ago I visited a Rover specialist (in Ely I think) and they were in the middle of fitting a new screen rubber to a P5. As part of the process they had pushed metal spikes (which looked like thin rat tailed files) through the screen rubber into all of the holes around window frame, ready for the screws to be installed one at a time. Not sure whether the black goo had been applied, but it seemed a good way of ensuring the rubber stayed in the right place while the goo was going off. Is this the usual way of installing a screen or would you normally just do this for a dry run and insert the clip screws as soon as the goo was applied and it all fitted ok, but before trying to fit the covering trim in the days that follow?
No rush, as still working on the brakes before the car goes for its respray.
