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B. Sitton
Posted 2015-03-15 10:16 AM (#2591)
Subject: broken glass


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Location: Ignacio Colorado		A couple weeks ago a friend showed me that the heat of the sun (coach is facing south) has broken one of his windshields. Well yesterday I was going to move the transit coach I got last fall only to find 2 windshields that look like a damn road map. One had a small crack before but now both are cracked worse than I have seen before on any coach. I admit to having heavy curtains that are right up to the inside of the glass. Must hold in too much heat when facing directly south.

This may have had a grip on my pain center during my so called rant yesterday. Well I got mine, in spades.
Bill
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andy1canada
Posted 2015-03-15 11:46 AM (#2594 - in reply to #2591)
Subject: Re: broken glass


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Location: Victoria, BC. Canada		Here's a thought: My coach (#846) has what appears to be a 1/4" - 3/8" steel rod running from dead center of the two windshields top of the dash to the ceiling.
It appears a brace of some sort.

IIRC coach #509 didn't have one and I'm figuring it's either a retro-fit from the PO, or, FMC provided this as a 'fix' for a structural issue (overhead load on the glass) in later coaches.

Anyone else have this rod running up the center of the two windshields?

I'll check the manuals after I post this (yeah, I hear you Lou... "Check the book first - then post!"

Terry
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fmc708
Posted 2015-03-15 2:02 PM (#2596 - in reply to #2591)
Subject: Re: broken glass



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Location: Soquel, CA.		Hi Terry,

Coach 708 has the stiff rod too.

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andy1canada
Posted 2015-03-15 2:54 PM (#2597 - in reply to #2591)
Subject: Re: broken glass


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Location: Victoria, BC. Canada		Me thinks the 'stiff-rod' has to be the way to go...
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BigRabbitMan
Posted 2015-03-17 9:50 AM (#2602 - in reply to #2591)
Subject: Re: broken glass



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Location: Cottage Grove, OR		Coach 1046 has the rod.
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hemi354az
Posted 2015-03-17 12:19 PM (#2603 - in reply to #2591)
Subject: RE: broken glass


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Location: Scottsdale, Aridzona		The sun MELTED my steel rod because I had the silver air bubble reflector inside against both windshields on my South facing FMC.
The rod is a band aid fix to keep the front fiberglass from moving around so much that the upper edge of either windshield pops out of the rubber groove.
Rod or no rod . . . don't put reflector type shields on the INSIDE of your South facing FMC windshields. It gets the glass WAY TOO HOT !
Shine ON ! Lou #120
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