DanPerryy
Well-Known Member
The biggest point I have with any fasteners is that the aluminum is easily deformed in attempting to "cinch" it up. It is easy to get a wave into it between fasteners.
Here are some pics of my instrument cluster and the windshield solution. The hood slides under the windshield. I need to give it another 1/10 of an inch but it is nearly there now. I put some little aluminum strips (.031) on the hood - hot glued them so the windshield will not touch the hood as it slides under. I then made 2 latches that over-center latch the back side of the hood lifting it up to meet the windshield. It works real well. I will put a couple of pinned safety cables just in case the windshield shattered and left the back side of the hood free.
Tilted instrument cluster
Right side rear hood latch - holding hood up against windshield
Hood latched up under the windshield. Rubber seal on hood meeting the windshield.
Dash cluster angled (and lower right mounting cutoff), scuff strips under windshield, hood latch, strip seal between hood and windshield.
Here are some pics of my instrument cluster and the windshield solution. The hood slides under the windshield. I need to give it another 1/10 of an inch but it is nearly there now. I put some little aluminum strips (.031) on the hood - hot glued them so the windshield will not touch the hood as it slides under. I then made 2 latches that over-center latch the back side of the hood lifting it up to meet the windshield. It works real well. I will put a couple of pinned safety cables just in case the windshield shattered and left the back side of the hood free.
Tilted instrument cluster
Right side rear hood latch - holding hood up against windshield
Hood latched up under the windshield. Rubber seal on hood meeting the windshield.
Dash cluster angled (and lower right mounting cutoff), scuff strips under windshield, hood latch, strip seal between hood and windshield.
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