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| Looking for a tutorial on how to replace small drivers vent window [message #348549] |
Thu, 26 September 2019 20:24  |
Green machine
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Hello again,
You guys are just so good at answering all my questions i cant stop. What a resource!
Anyway, as the title suggest I cant seem to find any info on the process for replacing the drivers vent window. If anyone could provide details or point me in the right direction the would be great!
Thanks,
Shawn
Shawn Harris
North Vancouver,
Canada
1977 Palm Beach 403
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| Re: [GMCnet] Looking for a tutorial on how to replace small drivers vent window [message #348551 is a reply to message #348549] |
Fri, 27 September 2019 05:43  |
Bruce Hart
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You will have to remove the whole window from the coach. You will find
screws on the sides that holds the frame together.
On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 7:24 PM Shawn Harris via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> Hello again,
>
> You guys are just so good at answering all my questions i cant stop. What
> a resource!
>
> Anyway, as the title suggest I cant seem to find any info on the process
> for replacing the drivers vent window. If anyone could provide details or
> point me in the right direction the would be great!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Shawn
> --
> Shawn Harris
> 1977 Palm Beach 403
> Bone stock - gutted interior
> North Vancouver,
> Canada
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| Re: Looking for a tutorial on how to replace small drivers vent window [message #348566 is a reply to message #348549] |
Fri, 27 September 2019 10:24 |
Green machine
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Thanks guys but I'm left a bit confused as I'm not sure if this is conflicting advice. Bill, are you suggesting that I knock out the divider then remove slides (I assume you mean the felt channel) and then I should be able to replace without removing the window, or are you suggesting the the above process needs to be done with the whole window removed as Bruce mentions? TIA
Shawn Harris
North Vancouver,
Canada
1977 Palm Beach 403
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| Re: [GMCnet] Looking for a tutorial on how to replace small drivers vent window [message #348568 is a reply to message #348566] |
Fri, 27 September 2019 10:45 |
James Hupy
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Shawn, leave the outer window frame alone. Unless it is flooding the inside
of the coach. What Bdub was referring to was the metal channel piece that
travels with the sliding glass. Take a piece of hardwood flooring small
enough to hold in your hand, and a mallet to strike it with, and
alternately hit the ends of that channel piece. You drive on it until it is
removed. That enables you to move the glass piece far enough to remove the
channels that the glass slides back and and forth in. When both the upper
and lower channels have been removed, you can lift the glass up, pull the
bottom of the glass towards you, and remove it.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
On Fri, Sep 27, 2019, 8:25 AM Shawn Harris via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> Thanks guys but I'm left a bit confused as I'm not sure if this is
> conflicting advice. Bill, are you suggesting that I knock out the divider
> then
> remove slides (I assume you mean the felt channel) and then I should be
> able to replace without removing the window, or are you suggesting the the
> above process needs to be done with the whole window removed as Bruce
> mentions? TIA
> --
> Shawn Harris
> 1977 Palm Beach 403
> Bone stock - gutted interior
> North Vancouver,
> Canada
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| Re: [GMCnet] Looking for a tutorial on how to replace small drivers vent window [message #348569 is a reply to message #348568] |
Fri, 27 September 2019 10:58 |
Green machine
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James Hupy wrote on Fri, 27 September 2019 10:45Shawn, leave the outer window frame alone. Unless it is flooding the inside
of the coach. What Bdub was referring to was the metal channel piece that
travels with the sliding glass. Take a piece of hardwood flooring small
enough to hold in your hand, and a mallet to strike it with, and
alternately hit the ends of that channel piece. You drive on it until it is
removed. That enables you to move the glass piece far enough to remove the
channels that the glass slides back and and forth in. When both the upper
and lower channels have been removed, you can lift the glass up, pull the
bottom of the glass towards you, and remove it.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
On Fri, Sep 27, 2019, 8:25 AM Shawn Harris via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> Thanks guys but I'm left a bit confused as I'm not sure if this is
> conflicting advice. Bill, are you suggesting that I knock out the divider
> then
> remove slides (I assume you mean the felt channel) and then I should be
> able to replace without removing the window, or are you suggesting the the
> above process needs to be done with the whole window removed as Bruce
> mentions? TIA
> --
> Shawn Harris
> 1977 Palm Beach 403
> Bone stock - gutted interior
> North Vancouver,
> Canada
>
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Got it! Thanks so much Jim. Much appreciated!
Shawn Harris
North Vancouver,
Canada
1977 Palm Beach 403
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| Re: [GMCnet] Looking for a tutorial on how to replace small drivers vent window [message #348575 is a reply to message #348569] |
Fri, 27 September 2019 11:41 |
Ken Henderson
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Shawn,
The advice from Billy and Jim is correct. But I don't think they conveyed
the information you'd have gotten by watching Jim Bounds replace that felt
channel a few times. And I probably can't convey 20% of that in words, but
will try: The felt channel will have to come out of the window frame to
provide clearance for you to remove the glass. After you've removed the
divider, per instructions, slide the glass all the way to the rear. You've
now got to get the forward end of the channel out of the top and bottom of
the frame. Removing the vertical piece of channel at the front will make
getting a hold on the long, around-the-glass piece easier. Once you've
gotten a grip on the channel the fun begins: You've got to pull the
channel around the glass and out of the frame. Choose one end, probably
the bottom and slide the glass toward the front while pulling the channel
in the same direction. The channel should pull away from the vertical
frame at the rear. You'll want to push & pull the channel toward the rear
at about the same time. Eventually, manipulation of the glass and channel
should enable you to get the entire channel out, freeing the glass.
Hopefully no one has glued the channel into the frame; if they have, you
may have to cut the channel, then clean up ALL the residue before replacing
the channel.
Installation is sort of the same task in reverse: work the channel under
the glass from the rear until you can get it all the way to the front of
the frame, then do the other end at the top. You DO want to use the old
channel as a pattern to cut the new channel -- or trim carefully after
everything's in place except the upper forward end.
After writing all that, it occurs to me that Jim Bounds, the usual source
for the new channel, probably has a tutorial on his web site. Check it out
before proceeding.
Ken H.
Americus, GA
'76 X-Birchaven w/Cad500/Howell EFI & EBL,
Manny Brakes & 1-Ton, Troy-Bilt APU, etc., etc., etc.
www.gmcwipersetc.com
On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 11:58 AM Shawn Harris via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> James Hupy wrote on Fri, 27 September 2019 10:45
>> Shawn, leave the outer window frame alone. Unless it is flooding the
> inside
>> of the coach. What Bdub was referring to was the metal channel piece that
>> travels with the sliding glass. Take a piece of hardwood flooring small
>> enough to hold in your hand, and a mallet to strike it with, and
>> alternately hit the ends of that channel piece. You drive on it until it
> is
>> removed. That enables you to move the glass piece far enough to remove
> the
>> channels that the glass slides back and and forth in. When both the upper
>> and lower channels have been removed, you can lift the glass up, pull the
>> bottom of the glass towards you, and remove it.
>> Jim Hupy
>> Salem, Oregon
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2019, 8:25 AM Shawn Harris via Gmclist > gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks guys but I'm left a bit confused as I'm not sure if this is
>>> conflicting advice. Bill, are you suggesting that I knock out the
> divider
>>> then
>>> remove slides (I assume you mean the felt channel) and then I should
> be
>>> able to replace without removing the window, or are you suggesting
> the the
>>> above process needs to be done with the whole window removed as Bruce
>>> mentions? TIA
>>> --
>>> Shawn Harris
>>> 1977 Palm Beach 403
>>> Bone stock - gutted interior
>>> North Vancouver,
>>> Canada
>>>
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> Got it! Thanks so much Jim. Much appreciated!
> --
> Shawn Harris
> 1977 Palm Beach 403
> Bone stock - gutted interior
> North Vancouver,
> Canada
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| Re: [GMCnet] Looking for a tutorial on how to replace small drivers vent window [message #348583 is a reply to message #348566] |
Fri, 27 September 2019 16:06 |
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Leave the whole window in the coach. Sorry for the poor explanation, but
you've got the right idea.
bdub ... on the road. (currently in Charleston, SC)
On Fri, Sep 27, 2019, 11:25 AM Shawn Harris via Gmclist wrote:
> Thanks guys but I'm left a bit confused as I'm not sure if this is
> conflicting advice. Bill, are you suggesting that I knock out the divider
> then
> remove slides (I assume you mean the felt channel) and then I should be
> able to replace without removing the window, or are you suggesting the the
> above process needs to be done with the whole window removed as Bruce
> mentions? TIA
>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Looking for a tutorial on how to replace small drivers vent window [message #348629 is a reply to message #348568] |
Fri, 27 September 2019 23:23 |
Green machine
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Jim,
I tried to send you a Pm re; your brake bleeder but you have Pm's turned off. I also sent you an email via your website but haven't heard back- are you still selling the kit?
James Hupy wrote on Fri, 27 September 2019 10:45Shawn, leave the outer window frame alone. Unless it is flooding the inside
of the coach. What Bdub was referring to was the metal channel piece that
travels with the sliding glass. Take a piece of hardwood flooring small
enough to hold in your hand, and a mallet to strike it with, and
alternately hit the ends of that channel piece. You drive on it until it is
removed. That enables you to move the glass piece far enough to remove the
channels that the glass slides back and and forth in. When both the upper
and lower channels have been removed, you can lift the glass up, pull the
bottom of the glass towards you, and remove it.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
On Fri, Sep 27, 2019, 8:25 AM Shawn Harris via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> Thanks guys but I'm left a bit confused as I'm not sure if this is
> conflicting advice. Bill, are you suggesting that I knock out the divider
> then
> remove slides (I assume you mean the felt channel) and then I should be
> able to replace without removing the window, or are you suggesting the the
> above process needs to be done with the whole window removed as Bruce
> mentions? TIA
> --
> Shawn Harris
> 1977 Palm Beach 403
> Bone stock - gutted interior
> North Vancouver,
> Canada
>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Looking for a tutorial on how to replace small drivers vent window [message #348630 is a reply to message #348629] |
Fri, 27 September 2019 23:38 |
James Hupy
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Yes, but busier than ever prepping for a 3 club rally at 7 - Feathers
Indian Casino in Canyonville, Oregon, we are cooking breakfasts there,
plus, I am presenting a tech session on Camshaft timing. Plus, Judy and I
have been busy with getting her parents affairs in order, both recently
deceased, And recovering from heart surgery at the same time.
No rest for the wicked, they say. So, tool making has been a back
burner project for a bit. I will get that pony out of the stable very soon.
Plenty to do. Sorry.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
On Fri, Sep 27, 2019, 9:23 PM Shawn Harris via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> Jim,
>
> I tried to send you a Pm re; your brake bleeder but you have Pm's turned
> off. I also sent you an email via your website but haven't heard back- are
> you still selling the kit?
>
>
> James Hupy wrote on Fri, 27 September 2019 10:45
>> Shawn, leave the outer window frame alone. Unless it is flooding the
> inside
>> of the coach. What Bdub was referring to was the metal channel piece that
>> travels with the sliding glass. Take a piece of hardwood flooring small
>> enough to hold in your hand, and a mallet to strike it with, and
>> alternately hit the ends of that channel piece. You drive on it until it
> is
>> removed. That enables you to move the glass piece far enough to remove
> the
>> channels that the glass slides back and and forth in. When both the upper
>> and lower channels have been removed, you can lift the glass up, pull the
>> bottom of the glass towards you, and remove it.
>> Jim Hupy
>> Salem, Oregon
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2019, 8:25 AM Shawn Harris via Gmclist > gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks guys but I'm left a bit confused as I'm not sure if this is
>>> conflicting advice. Bill, are you suggesting that I knock out the
> divider
>>> then
>>> remove slides (I assume you mean the felt channel) and then I should
> be
>>> able to replace without removing the window, or are you suggesting
> the the
>>> above process needs to be done with the whole window removed as Bruce
>>> mentions? TIA
>>> --
>>> Shawn Harris
>>> 1977 Palm Beach 403
>>> Bone stock - gutted interior
>>> North Vancouver,
>>> Canada
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> GMCnet mailing list
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> --
> Shawn Harris
> 1977 Palm Beach 403
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> North Vancouver,
> Canada
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