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Thanks to all of you on the forum, my car gets just a little better every time I work on it. My current project is getting the windows to work. (My wife won't ride with me until I get them installed and working - I have no top at the moment.) The windsheild frame was not on the car when I bought it. The winding mechanism was missing teeth on the driver's side door, and the window guides were totally shot on both sides. I stripped and painted the windsheild frame. I then installed the windsheild frame and finally the windsheild itself (with the help of a friend.) I replaced the winding mechanism on the driver side, and then fit in new guides. My current problem is, is the space between the windsheild frame uniform in distance between the top and bottom of the glass? If not, what would be reasonable distances? My windows vary between the top and bottom in distance to the windsheild frame by an inch I would guess. It doesn't look right. I have no weather stripping or window scrapers installed at the moment. I don't see how I can adjust the windows any more to make them fit better. Since I have never seen this car together before, I am not what it should look like. Any tips would greatly be appreciated.

Kevin
 
Hey Kevin, this is a problem that perplexes many. Yes, the wind-up windows have a lot more adjustments than meets the eye.
First, did you torque your newly-repaired windshield frame down completely. The gasket on the bottom should be just about completely flat. Some folks have not sucked the nuts and bolts down tight enough and left a few Millimeters of windshield frame sticking up too high.
Every nut or bolt that holds the entire wind-up window in place has the ability to be adjusted. I would only suggest that you take the slack out of everything and lift the rolled-up window to it's maximum height with you hand or a pry and see where you stand and if you can tighten down at that level.
I had mine leaving me with a slight, very slight, air gap where the rolled-up window met the fuzzy seal on the windshield frame. As rain would tend to want to come in at speed, this was not acceptable. Thank goodness TRF sells a special oversized sealing strip that fit nicely against the original strip and was glued in place. Now my windows are air and water tight.
 
Some variation is not abnormal, but a one inch variation is not good.

Not knowing how far down the car body was taken when you bought it, I will assume it was at least to the point where in addition to the windscreen, it also included the windscreen mounts and adjustments. So, I suspect you have not adjusted the windscreen properly. The mounts are connected to the body by one bolt from the inside and two bolts from the out side.

Loosening these bolts will allow for adjusting the top of the windscreen fore and aft and accordingly the window glass gap. The window glass itself has adjustments that affect the window to windscreen gap, but it also affects the door window to top adjustment. Without a top, it will be hard to say you reached the proper compromise (a word you will become comfortable with in time).

For now, do what you can, knowing later you may have to deal with the door window to top gaps.
 

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A lot of what you two have said makes sense. The brackets that hold the windsheild posts were not even installed; one I had to weld it to repair it. I always worry about overtigtening bolts. The middle bolts going across the dash surface I already suspected may not be tight enough because the pegs for the tonnaue move when I hook or unhook the tonaue cover. Do you know what the torque settings should be for these bolts? Thanks for the picture and advice.

Kevin
 
I do not know the torque setting for the three bolts across the center of the windows. I suspect they should be tightened only enough to securely seat the seal. As far as the tonnaue pegs go, I have had two TR's and the center peg always pulled into the passenger side as it had the most tension.
 
Thanks. My windows work well enough for a drive, and I couldn't resist the good weather; I took my wife to see her Dad a couple of hours away. I'll try your suggestions when I get home.

Kevin
 
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