| Re: [GMCnet] Ken. Can we have new windshields installed in Amana Iowa in September. [message #328535 is a reply to message #328533] |
Tue, 23 January 2018 09:42   |
Dave Stragand
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If anyone can save me a pair of castoff foggy but uncracked windshields
within 250 miles or so of Pittsburgh, I will gladly pay you for them!
-----Original Message-----
From: Gmclist [mailto:gmclist-bounces@list.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of
Ronald Pottol
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 10:09 AM
To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Ken. Can we have new windshields installed in
Amana Iowa in September.
I'd think you could just bag them, and pump the air out, that should be
easy enough. Now, getting packaging that won't leak over decades... Re
pump every so often? add something that will absorb the air? Is it air,
or oxygen or water, those can be dealt with fairly easily.
Mine are kinda foggy, I was thinking I could live with it for 5 or 10
year, but perhaps I should move that up a bit.
On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 3:28 AM, Rob Mueller
wrote:
> Ken,
>
> I was told that the fogging around the edges was caused by dirt
> getting into the rubber seal, migrating to the bottom of the seal and
> retain moisture which caused the fogging. That's why Ken and his crew
> apply black silicone between the seal and the glass.
>
> He will also seal the edge with a sealant that keeps the moisture out
> of the plastic center which is what he did on Double Trouble.
>
> Did Coach Glass tell you they had to be vacuum packed and sealed? I
> agree a large container would be impossible because of the size it
> would have to have VERY thick walls considering the TONS of pressure
> on it at 14.7 pounds per square inch!
>
> You could double bag and evacuate them, that's the way parts were
> packaged for Project Apollo.
>
> Regards,
> Rob M.
> The Pedantic Mechanic
> Sydney, Australia
> AUS '75 Avion - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428 USA '75 Avion - Double
> Trouble TZE365V100426 USA '77 Kingsley - TZE 267V100808
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gmclist [mailto:gmclist-bounces@list.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Ken Burton
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 7:27 PM
> To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Ken. Can we have new windshields installed in
> Amana Iowa in September.
>
> I am also worried about how long these will still be available. All
> North American manufacturers quit making them a few years back.
>
>
> As a result, the distributor of these went and got their own DOT
> number and took over having them made. They are being made off-shore
> and shipped in by air. So we still have them available. Every year
> it becomes a little harder to get them in the quantities we need.
> There are 4 stockage locations in the US all owned by the same
> manufacturing company. Those in turn supply all other wholesale
> suppliers in the US. We ended up getting the ones we needed from the
> warehouse farthest away and then not getting as many as we wanted.
> That was with a four month early pre-order.
>
> We did find 6 left side ones (no right sides) NOS in a secondary
> warehouse. They wanted double the price and been stored there for
> several years. They were from a different manufacturer. That was not
> much help because most people want both sides. Even if we found
> matching rights elsewhere we did not want two different manufacturers
> product in the same coach due to possible tint differences.
>
> We are just lucky that we even have them available for a 40 year old
> coach that only had a total production run of 12,000 vehicles.
>
>
> I have thought about buying a pair or more and storing them in my
> basement for future use. For long term storage I was told that they
> need to be edge sealed and vacuum packed. That would one very large
> air tight container that I would have to build or find.
> I'm not sure how I would do that. I pictured something like a 55
> gallon drum only 2.5 times the diameter. Then I thought about some
> like a 50 cal ammo can only 10 times larger. I gave up on the idea.
> --
> Ken Burton - N9KB
> 76 Palm Beach
> Hebron, Indiana
>
>
>
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