Windscreen insert

[kleaky88]

Go on then, I give in. How the flippin heck do you fit the chrome insert into the seal?? I can't even get it started. Can I home make some kind of tool to assist me??

[guru_1071]

use the tool and lube with WD40

easy!

[kleaky88]

what tool?? Can I make one?

[Extra 300 Driver]

One of these

[miniman]

Think you need one of these:



About £8 from MiniSpares or MiniSport.

[Wildfire]

Yep use the tool, and washing up liquid.

[guru_1071]

wd40

washing up has salt in it. - its gets into the rubber and rusts the scuttle - and foams for weeks afterwards!

[wildoliver]

IS it the chromed plastic? if so there is a far simpler solution!!!!

[kleaky88]

it is the chromed plastic. So whats the simple solution?

[wildoliver]

Wd40 or silicone spray, lubricate the channel up nicely, take a block of very soft wood, something like rough pine and a medium hammer and hently tap the finisher in to place.

Sounds crazy but i've done it on about 20 mini's which I have resprayed and if your gentle it works brilliantly.

You do sometimes need to start it off with a screwdriver to tease the rubber over the start of the strip.

[Extra 300 Driver]

Interesting but I will stick to the tool!

[kleaky88]

WD40 and a coathanger twisted into a diamond like the tool. Worked a treat, front and back. And for the areas that didn't quite go in - a gentle tap in with a mallet as suggested. Thanks guys.

Still can't open that chuffing door tho. The mechanism is still locked in place and I have tried everything.