{"id":3333,"date":"2009-12-19T18:54:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-20T04:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.studionewmedia.com\/blog\/?p=3333"},"modified":"2009-12-19T18:54:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-20T04:54:00","slug":"can-o-worms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/12\/19\/can-o-worms\/","title":{"rendered":"Can O Worms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oops, opened up that can o worms today. The FX has been off the road in the garage since discovering with all the Thanksgiving rains that there is a leak up top and front. This one is bad because it drips onto the seat and your left thigh if your seated inside. So today I decided to pop the trim to take a look at the top edge of the windscreen. Amazingly the windscreen trim clips are still holding well and it took quite a bit of convincing. I got the top edge off, and then the passenger side. There was a lot of collected crap, and some hidden rust developing. Yuck. So I started on the drivers side. The upper corner, where the suspected leak is, there was a lot of sealant goop in the trim edge groove. Hm, wonder what went on there. The left edge trim is proving stubborn, the clips seem to be imbedded in a lot of goo. The first clip finally starts to work loose. <\/p>\n

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Check out my crack<\/p><\/div>\n

Doh! Dammit, the windscreen cracked! Cr#p! Just when I finished my custom Luxeon Star high mount brake light and thought I’d be ready for safety check! Now I have to replace the windscreen. And if I’m going to do that, I might as well tackle the rust in the frame since it would be stupid to attempt removal & installation of windscreen twice. At least now I think I know the source of the leak. The goop seal at the top left corner seems to be bad. If I wiggle the corner of the glass I can see it moving, which probably contributed to causing the crack as I pulled at the trim.<\/p>\n

Call goes out to the kustom boys, time for some challenging metal working! I’ve seen Scat do some pretty nice metal forming with nothing more than a tin snip and a hammer. Let’s get crackin!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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