Here’s some before, during and after shots of my CJ-3A windshield rebuild. Special thanks to John for the vent bracket. Mine broke off and John created a new one for me. It works beautifully. I was able to de-paint and can reuse the windshield gasket, so now all I need is the glass and the cowl rubber and it’s completed. Necessary repairs included welding up 8 holes and welding the crack in the frame. Next, finishing the brakes.
BEFORE PAINT REMOVAL:
PAINT PARTIALLY REMOVED – ONLY ONE PIC (I SEEM TO HAVE DELETED OTHER PICS OF THE WINDSHIELD FRAME WITH THE PAINT REMOVED; THE PAINT WAS NEARLY COMPLETELY REMOVED –NOT FUN):
AFTER PAINTING WITH A BLACK MATTE PAINT DESIGNED FOR TRACTORS AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT:
sorry i haven’t been in touch, work, finishing the project. just happy to be done and found a couple new more family projects( commando, 8 , 6) anyway. Found a few time savers in my build. never think for a minute that stripping paint saves money. Amaze yourself by calling a reputable powdercoater in your area. 1000’s of colors to match anything including polished aluminum powdercoat (yep). Anyway they can media blast anything and in my area windshield frame cost $75 (strip/powder to match) and ready to bolt on in 4 hours from drop off. looks nice though. I’ll update soon on the wiring and getting rid of my 49
have a good one
Great job Dave, only one thing, if you had drilled a hole thru the flats on the bracket you could have welded it to windshield. Would have made a little cleaner job. But hay! it’s your jeep ., it’s better than what you had. Need anything else? Let me know always willing to help out a fellow jeeper.
John: The best answer would be to have a wire feed welder or get my TIG working so that I can weld better on finer projects. Until then, I just have to make do (and it is way better than what I had). Thanks again for the bracket!
James: Now you tell me 🙂 … Actually, it didn’t really matter, as I think a little of the “I’m going to do this myself” kicked in. Congrats on the new family projects — you can never have too many, right?
– Dave
My dad’s M38 winshield frame cracked in the same place… My guess was that water got inside the tube and froze in it…. make sure you have drain holes.