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I initially cut some rubber sheet to make a sort of gasket to protect the
scuttle paint on my TR3B. It worked, but was way too noticeable. I ended
up cutting some tough plastic film (leftover from ski protection, based on
Surlyn ionomer, but I'm sure other materials -- maybe even packaging tape
-- would work OK.
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Don
Santa Fe
(TR3B TSF202L)
On Mon, Jan 5, 2026 at 7:25=E2=80=AFPM Jim Wallace <grandfatherjim@gmail.co=
m> wrote:
> How do you do it without scratching the paint?
> Mine is the later style, held on with machine screws.
> I've got the glass in the frame, and the tenons and stanchions attached.
> So now there are the pieces that go against the body, and the stanchions
> that will cover them. I can imagine somehow holding them all together and
> sliding the assembly downward, but I'm sure I'd scratch the paint. I trie=
d
> sticking them on the body using a bit of plumber's putty and sliding the
> windshield assembly backward, but it hit the wiper shafts.
> What's the trick?
> Jim
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">I i=
nitially cut some rubber sheet to make a sort of gasket to protect the scut=
tle paint on my TR3B.=C2=A0 It worked, but was way too noticeable.=C2=A0 I =
ended up cutting some tough plastic film (leftover from ski protection, bas=
ed on Surlyn ionomer, but I'm sure other materials -- maybe even packag=
ing tape -- would work OK.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-=
size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small=
"><a href=3D"https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-XdqQGZ7/0/LTMVWzGFbRkrMbpt=
JzksmP4NvPXptKWGpFDRNS2xq/X5/i-XdqQGZ7-X5.jpg" target=3D"_blank">https://ph=
otos.smugmug.com/photos/i-XdqQGZ7/0/LTMVWzGFbRkrMbptJzksmP4NvPXptKWGpFDRNS2=
xq/X5/i-XdqQGZ7-X5.jpg</a></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-=
size:small"><a href=3D"https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-k9DtxDG/0/M7bZ9g=
w9DTQJcjKnNdTVj65bDvzxJGVmPzZdDbNT5/X5/i-k9DtxDG-X5.jpg" target=3D"_blank">=
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-k9DtxDG/0/M7bZ9gw9DTQJcjKnNdTVj65bDvzxJ=
GVmPzZdDbNT5/X5/i-k9DtxDG-X5.jpg</a></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" styl=
e=3D"font-size:small"><a href=3D"https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-gVKhBr=
n/0/NCkxFvCbXZxHDkHDmCNKPjVTPzJ3Fzw6rwprvxXQc/X5/i-gVKhBrn-X5.jpg" target=
=3D"_blank">https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-gVKhBrn/0/NCkxFvCbXZxHDkHDm=
CNKPjVTPzJ3Fzw6rwprvxXQc/X5/i-gVKhBrn-X5.jpg</a></div><div class=3D"gmail_d=
efault" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" st=
yle=3D"font-size:small"><div class=3D"gmail_default">Don</div><div class=3D=
"gmail_default">Santa Fe</div><div class=3D"gmail_default">(TR3B TSF202L)</=
div></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gm=
ail_attr">On Mon, Jan 5, 2026 at 7:25=E2=80=AFPM Jim Wallace <<a href=3D=
"mailto:grandfatherjim@gmail.com"; target=3D"_blank">grandfatherjim@gmail.co=
m</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin=
:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"=
><div dir=3D"auto">How do you do it without scratching the paint?<div dir=
=3D"auto">Mine is the later style, held on with machine screws.=C2=A0</div>=
<div dir=3D"auto">I've got the glass in the frame, and the tenons and s=
tanchions attached. So now there are the pieces that go against the body, a=
nd the stanchions that will cover them. I can imagine somehow holding them =
all together and sliding the assembly downward, but I'm sure I'd sc=
ratch the paint. I tried sticking them on the body using a bit of plumber&#=
39;s putty and sliding the windshield assembly backward, but it hit the wip=
er shafts.</div><div dir=3D"auto">What's the trick?</div><div dir=3D"au=
to">Jim</div></div>
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