Thank you for the instruction. Saved me quite a few quid. I had a challenge getting the window and seal back in and pulling out the rope. A couple of questions: 1. About what ratio of soap to water did you use to make it slippy? 2. Anything special about the rope? It looks rather fuzzy from the video. Hopefully I won't have to replace it again... Thanks again!
Hi. I’m sorry for the delay in replying. In answer to your questions. That is just glass cleaner. Anything just to lubricate the rubber I find works. Some people use soap, I’ve just always used glass cleaner. The rope has seen some action over the years. It is probably 4-5mm thick. Doesn’t have to be rope. On one occasion, when I’d left my rope somewhere I used the cord of an extension lead (if it’s stupid and it works, it’s not stupid 😁) Thanks for your interest, and your questions. I’m glad the video helped.
Great video thanks ! Had to brake my own window when my door lock quit working while camped in the middle of nowhere with no cell service. Didn"t have the right size rope so I've used a pair of construction boots laces ( made one loop close to the knot ) and soapy water . Worked good !
@@danielg4228 Hi. Thanks. Thinking outside the box with the laces 😁👊. Like I put in the comments a bit further down, I’ve had to use an extension lead before. The company I work for now doesn’t replace many side windows so my opportunity to film other makes and models is limited. Thanks for watching, and taking the time to comment.
Hi. Yes. It is a little more difficult though to remove a glass that isn't broken. You will need to try and lip the rubber back off the body. I do this by applying a little pressure on the glass from the inside. I use a scraper or a hook tool to try and get it started. It's hard at first but as you get more rubber lipped back off the body it should start to get easier. There's a fine line between not pushing hard enough to get the rubber started and pushing too hard a potentially breaking the glass. Personally, I would start at the leading edge of the glass, between the top of the mirror and the top of the glass. It would probably make it easier to remove the mirror before starting to do this. If you are planning on fitting a new rubber I would just cut through the old rubber. Obviously I dont know your experience level with trying to do this but there is always a risk of the glass breaking. It's a shame you can't add photos to comments on UA-cam. I'd of added some screenshots of what to do, what it looks like at the various stages if I could of. I hope that makes sense and hopefully helped bit. Good luck.
Thanks. To be honest these are a real easy glass to replace. I’m struggling to film and do with my current workload. Will have to make more of an effort to get more videos to put up.
Hi. They are a bit more involved. You will have to remove the inner door card. I then lower the doorglass, remove the metal bar between the two windows so you can fit the front vent glass. I don’t have any video of me doing one of these at present. I hope that helps a bit. Good luck.
I use glass cleaner, just to lubricate the rubber to help it lip over the aperture. Different people use different things. A guy I work with prefers a bit of liquid hand soap, another, tyre slip. Hope that helps. Thanks for the question.
Hi. No. The Renault Trafic is a bit more involved. You would have to remove the door card. I then remove the bar between the two windows, put the vent glass in and then put the dividing bar back in. I don’t have any video of a Renault Trafic at the moment. I hope that helps a bit. Thanks for your question.
Hi. Should be very similar. The mk2 Sprinter came out in 2006. The van in this video is a mk2 Sprinter. If you have a mk1 Sprinter there should only be slight differences in the interior door card and external mirror. Taking the interior door card off, or just loosening it will make it easier to get the rubber at the bottom of the glass to lip over the aperture if you’ve not done this before. Good luck.
Hi. Thank you. These are a real easy glass to replace. As my first UA-cam video I wasn't going to post a "difficult" glass to replace. Regarding your request - I'll try. It may take a while. Since uploading this video I have changed jobs. I'm still in the windscreen industry but work for a different windscreen company where we don't change many shattered doorglasses. I will try to film one if I get one for you. Merry Christmas.
The Custom front vents are a bit more involved than Sprinter front vents. I don’t have any footage of a Custom front vent replacement. I hope you find what you’re looking for.
@@francoispetitpain7770 Well done! They are not the easiest thing to do. You should of filmed it and uploaded here for others. Glad you got it sorted 😀.
I see you reused the gasketing, do you know where I can get gasketing from? Our work van had the glass popped out after the gasket and frame were destroyed. Having a hard time finding the gasketing.
Hi Beverly. Have you tried a Mercedes dealership? Or a windscreen replacement company? If you are planning on fitting the glass yourself I’d go with Mercedes, if you are not planning on refitting the window yourself I’d ask whoever you pay to refit it if they are able to supply the gasket too. A scrap yard may also be an option for you. I hope that helps and you get it sorted.
Hi. I’ll try to explain it in words until I get another one and can make a video. I start with the rope roughly half way up one side. I feed the rope into the rubber going downwards and along the bottom of the glass. When I’m roughly halfway up the other side I make a loop with the rope and feed it back into the rubber and continue up and around the top until I get just past where I started from. I then pull the rope from one side. Once I get round one bottom corner I pull the second loop on the other side. I do it like this just in case the force needed to start the rope moving moves the glass out of position. I find pulling the second loop and coming back on yourself centralises the glass. I then pull the rope so the rubber on bottom of the glass is completely over the aperture. The weight of the glass is then supported by the vehicle body while I the pull the rope upwards and fit the top on the glass. Some people will start in one place and not put a second loop in. I used to do it this way but if the glass has moved slightly out of position getting the rope moving when starting it can make the opposite side from when you started very tight to get the rubber over the aperture. I hope that makes a little sense. Everyone has their own preferred way of doing this type of window. This is just the way that works for me. I’ll try and make a video on the next one I get to show this.
I struggled with fitting my Crafter window but this film made my next attempt super easy. Great video! Cheers
Hi. I’m glad it helped. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. 😁
Thank you for the instruction. Saved me quite a few quid. I had a challenge getting the window and seal back in and pulling out the rope.
A couple of questions:
1. About what ratio of soap to water did you use to make it slippy?
2. Anything special about the rope? It looks rather fuzzy from the video.
Hopefully I won't have to replace it again...
Thanks again!
Hi.
I’m sorry for the delay in replying.
In answer to your questions. That is just glass cleaner. Anything just to lubricate the rubber I find works. Some people use soap, I’ve just always used glass cleaner.
The rope has seen some action over the years. It is probably 4-5mm thick. Doesn’t have to be rope. On one occasion, when I’d left my rope somewhere I used the cord of an extension lead (if it’s stupid and it works, it’s not stupid 😁)
Thanks for your interest, and your questions.
I’m glad the video helped.
@@adventuresofawindscreenfitter Thanks for your reply. I hope I won't need to do it again anytime soon but I'm keeping a link to your video. Cheers.
Great video thanks ! Had to brake my own window when my door lock quit working while camped in the middle of nowhere with no cell service. Didn"t have the right size rope so I've used a pair of construction boots laces ( made one loop close to the knot ) and soapy water . Worked good !
@@danielg4228 Hi. Thanks. Thinking outside the box with the laces 😁👊. Like I put in the comments a bit further down, I’ve had to use an extension lead before. The company I work for now doesn’t replace many side windows so my opportunity to film other makes and models is limited. Thanks for watching, and taking the time to comment.
Excellent service. Thnank you.
Hi mate, hope your doing well! whats the cord type thing on the window?
Very Nice. Thank You. 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for your video. 👍
You’re welcome. I hope it helped. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment.
how do i take out the glass if its not smashed ? i do the reverse of this ?
Hi.
Yes. It is a little more difficult though to remove a glass that isn't broken. You will need to try and lip the rubber back off the body. I do this by applying a little pressure on the glass from the inside. I use a scraper or a hook tool to try and get it started. It's hard at first but as you get more rubber lipped back off the body it should start to get easier. There's a fine line between not pushing hard enough to get the rubber started and pushing too hard a potentially breaking the glass. Personally, I would start at the leading edge of the glass, between the top of the mirror and the top of the glass. It would probably make it easier to remove the mirror before starting to do this. If you are planning on fitting a new rubber I would just cut through the old rubber.
Obviously I dont know your experience level with trying to do this but there is always a risk of the glass breaking.
It's a shame you can't add photos to comments on UA-cam. I'd of added some screenshots of what to do, what it looks like at the various stages if I could of.
I hope that makes sense and hopefully helped bit.
Good luck.
Красавчик, дружище 👍👍👍
Мне ваше видео очень помогло. Респект ✊
Я рад, что видео помогло. Спасибо за просмотр и за то, что нашли время прокомментировать. 😁
Dude, you da man!
Thanks. To be honest these are a real easy glass to replace. I’m struggling to film and do with my current workload. Will have to make more of an effort to get more videos to put up.
How do you change the O/S quarter glass on a ford transit custom any videos available?
Hi. They are a bit more involved. You will have to remove the inner door card. I then lower the doorglass, remove the metal bar between the two windows so you can fit the front vent glass. I don’t have any video of me doing one of these at present. I hope that helps a bit. Good luck.
What did you spray on?
I use glass cleaner, just to lubricate the rubber to help it lip over the aperture. Different people use different things. A guy I work with prefers a bit of liquid hand soap, another, tyre slip. Hope that helps. Thanks for the question.
Very similar to replacing glass doors on commercial washing machines
Would the same method work for a Renault traffic
Hi. No. The Renault Trafic is a bit more involved. You would have to remove the door card. I then remove the bar between the two windows, put the vent glass in and then put the dividing bar back in. I don’t have any video of a Renault Trafic at the moment. I hope that helps a bit. Thanks for your question.
Is it the same way on a 2006 sprinter?
Hi. Should be very similar. The mk2 Sprinter came out in 2006. The van in this video is a mk2 Sprinter. If you have a mk1 Sprinter there should only be slight differences in the interior door card and external mirror. Taking the interior door card off, or just loosening it will make it easier to get the rubber at the bottom of the glass to lip over the aperture if you’ve not done this before. Good luck.
@@adventuresofawindscreenfitter thanks. I been busy just had a shop do it.
Thanks
Thanks. Keep up the good work.
Thank you.
Thanks! Video helped me a lot!
Thanks. Glad it helped.
Awesome job. Can you show how to do on ford transit please? Thanks
Hi. Thank you. These are a real easy glass to replace. As my first UA-cam video I wasn't going to post a "difficult" glass to replace. Regarding your request - I'll try. It may take a while. Since uploading this video I have changed jobs. I'm still in the windscreen industry but work for a different windscreen company where we don't change many shattered doorglasses. I will try to film one if I get one for you. Merry Christmas.
I am looking for a front vent glass replacement in a Ford Transit Custom Van from 2015 - I could not find anything
The Custom front vents are a bit more involved than Sprinter front vents. I don’t have any footage of a Custom front vent replacement. I hope you find what you’re looking for.
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I did it today - it`s NO FUN and takes time - thx for your comment
@@francoispetitpain7770 Well done! They are not the easiest thing to do. You should of filmed it and uploaded here for others. Glad you got it sorted 😀.
I see you reused the gasketing, do you know where I can get gasketing from? Our work van had the glass popped out after the gasket and frame were destroyed. Having a hard time finding the gasketing.
Hi Beverly. Have you tried a Mercedes dealership? Or a windscreen replacement company? If you are planning on fitting the glass yourself I’d go with Mercedes, if you are not planning on refitting the window yourself I’d ask whoever you pay to refit it if they are able to supply the gasket too. A scrap yard may also be an option for you. I hope that helps and you get it sorted.
How did you do the step with the rope?
Hi.
I’ll try to explain it in words until I get another one and can make a video.
I start with the rope roughly half way up one side. I feed the rope into the rubber going downwards and along the bottom of the glass. When I’m roughly halfway up the other side I make a loop with the rope and feed it back into the rubber and continue up and around the top until I get just past where I started from.
I then pull the rope from one side. Once I get round one bottom corner I pull the second loop on the other side. I do it like this just in case the force needed to start the rope moving moves the glass out of position. I find pulling the second loop and coming back on yourself centralises the glass. I then pull the rope so the rubber on bottom of the glass is completely over the aperture. The weight of the glass is then supported by the vehicle body while I the pull the rope upwards and fit the top on the glass.
Some people will start in one place and not put a second loop in. I used to do it this way but if the glass has moved slightly out of position getting the rope moving when starting it can make the opposite side from when you started very tight to get the rubber over the aperture.
I hope that makes a little sense. Everyone has their own preferred way of doing this type of window. This is just the way that works for me.
I’ll try and make a video on the next one I get to show this.
He’s a beast don’t attempt
Thank you
I wish it was as easy as that on my berlingo
Yes. They are a bit more involved on the Berlingo.
nice !
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