g'day well i wanted to put my roof lining in today adn well got it in then tried to put my front windscreen in and well hard work if there ever was any that hard to put in spent absoloutly ages on it and still didnt manage toget it in the only thing that was done successfully was my paint being scratched off.... tried soapy water and still couldnt get it in and any one give me any helpful ideas?

U mite have to learn the rope trick....

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get on to matt (aka sswana b or similar) he has a trick i think

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78 Leyland Mini - Prince

it is a hell of a job you'll need at least two person, robe trick will do best i've tried put mine on with screw driver luckly only couple small tear on the rubber

we used WD40 in the rubber to hep get the window in. We used a make shift tool thingy, and screwdrivers. There were three of us. I wouldnt try doing it by yourself.

i tried, but a reputable place geave me the rong rubebrs, tehyre way too big

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1963morris 850
1965 solid side van
1994 rover racecar

I've done it by myself, it took me about an hour and a half. I put the rubber in the car first then pushed the glass into the rubber the best I could. Then I carefully used a coupe screwdrivers to work the rubber around the rest of the glass. The process until this point took about 1hour 20. With the proper tool and some soapy water it took about 10 mins to get the locking strip in. I've replaced ugly locking strip with nice new locking strip on quite a few Minis lately, now it takes less than 5 mins for that part. I think the key to installing a windscreen is being careful and having patience.

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hey thanks for your replies. what is the rope trick? yea i wasnt trieing by myself there was my brother my self and my dad we had knives out of the kitchen we spent absolutely ages trying to get it in . we will try again today after church hopefully without and scratches

use two screw drivers put the seal on the mini then put the bottom of the windscreen into the seal then start goin around with the screwdrivers pushin the window into the seal remeberin to not push to hard and break somethin plenty of soapy water or silicone spray will help take ur time and you will get there eventually u will need a custom made coat hanger tool or a lockin strip tool to put the lockin strip in tho

ive done 4 windscreens now there all they same

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i hate it when a reputable place geaves you the rong rubebrs.

when i did it, i didnt use soapy water or anything
i just had 2 flathead screwdrivers and some meathooks.

that would have been a hole heap of fun

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Fit the rubber around the windscreen, place some thin rope inside the outter part of the windscreen rubber, bring the two ends of the rope together at one pont. Place the entire windscreen/rubber onto the car and allow the two ends of the rope to fall into the car. Then have a few people put gentle pressure on the windscreen, get inside the car and slowly pull the rope outwards from the rubber.

This will allow the rubber to seat over the seam edge... Its hard to explain but once you have seen it done its easy to do! Plenty of lube helps as well!!!

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When you said rope trick, up the top. I got the image in my head of a clown pulling a never ending rope out of his pocket and thought, "es that's amusing, but how wil lthat help put a window in"

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1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

hey guys thanks for all the info and help i had another crack at it today and got itin finally...thanks for all the repliesand helpguys
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