Windscreen removal BN

When you reinstall the windscreen, take two long screws with the same thread as the three on each side on the lower part of the hinge. Cut the head off the screw and thread it in by hand. Put one in on each side of the screen so they go into the hinge’s holes without a lot of frustration, angst, despair and cursing. Once the screen is situated, install the two proper screws and take out the guide screws and insert the proper one. This leads to a lot less screaming, on my part anyway. An annoying job until I figured this out.

@OSL282 wrote:

Behind the top interior trim (which is clipped in on a post 52 French car) you can access the bolts for the hinges on the screen.

I removed mine to fit the seal. It fits the opposite way you would think with the curved edge pointing inward so it clamps up hard against the frame when the screen is closed.

thanks so much, I start tomorrow – Happy New year

Hi- Glad the heater works, I know you Brits like to drive year-round unlike here in Canada where they use stupid amounts of road salt every winter. What do they use over there? Anyway, Happy New Year to everyone!

@TRINIAC wrote:

Hello everyone, I have a 1953, French built BN with a rotted rubber windscreen seal. Having bought a new seal from Chris I stupidly just removed the wipers, wound the screen out a bit and pulled the seal free from the bottom middle of the frame in each direction. Of course it jammed at the top and my first attempt resulted in some of the (not too brilliant) paint job popping off – so I stopped. I cannot see how to remove the screen although I guess it involves removal of the interior trim first to access the hinge(s). If anyone has done this and can help me with the process it would be very much appreciated. happy Christmas to all. Ken Jones

Sorry to go on – I pulled off the top interior metal trim from each side and a couple of spring clips popped out OK but I cannot budge the centre part and I’m afraid of bending the trim if I force too hard. There is a roughly 2 inch wide centre piece under which the ends disappear and it has two small lugs on its upper side – any ideas how to proceed safely would be appreciated?

@Den Hewitt wrote:

There are 2 self tappers that secure the top (one for each side). Slide the small centre piece to one side to reveal them. It is worth buying a parts manual.

thanks Den, I’m off to try sliding.

@TRINIAC wrote:

@Den Hewitt wrote:

There are 2 self tappers that secure the top (one for each side). Slide the small centre piece to one side to reveal them. It is worth buying a parts manual.

thanks Den, I’m off to try sliding.

It wouldn’t slide as it was gripping too tightly but I managed to insert a screwdriver behind the top visible lug and open up a small space, then a second screwdriver between the centre piece and the trim popped it off. The next joy I have discovered is that the screws are half concealed by the body work and you need to bend the screen outwards to (and slightly beyond) its limits in order to get a screwdriver on them. I don’t know whether I should have undone the 2 screw either side of the hinges and hoped that would do it leaving the hinges attached to the screen but now it’s off I can’t see how that would have worked. That parts manual seems a better idea every few minutes!