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Post by Talking Hoarse on Apr 20, 2017 15:25:55 GMT 1
Hello all
After your advice please. I need to remove the stainless trim from the windscreen pillar (A pillar) on my Bluebird 910 estate, so as to clean up and refinish the grot beneath.
I have undone the aerial and removed the self tapping fixing screws, but the trim doesn't budge. Anyone know how to remove this trim without damaging it? Needless to say Haynes is of little help (refer to windscreen fitters).
Alternatively - does anyone have a good straight trim piece I can buy if I end up mangling the current trim? Quite happy to have a saloon piece ie without the aerial holes as that would lead me to a (superior) roof mount aerial.
Many thanks in anticipation.....
Ed
Add - been unable to attach photos .....
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Post by spottedlaurel on Apr 22, 2017 21:38:36 GMT 1
I think I have a body repair manual for the 910, and/or a workshop manual. Will try and have a look tomorrow.
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Post by spottedlaurel on Apr 22, 2017 22:15:58 GMT 1
Ed, send me a PM with your email address and I'll send you scans of the relevant pages. I think there's a clip of some sort behind there.
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Post by Talking Hoarse on Apr 23, 2017 20:39:01 GMT 1
Thanks - PM sent
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Post by Talking Hoarse on Jun 2, 2017 8:15:54 GMT 1
Sorted - but not by me!
The saga of removing the shiny A pillar trims continued until yesterday. It was forced on by a broken windscreen 4 weeks ago (ironically not related to attempts to remove the trim) - so the trims would have to come off indeed.
Even Datman didn't have a screen, but knew that Pilkingtons had the moulds. Top man Will. After phoning around and being messed about by a couple of windscreen companies, National Windscreens (Gloucester branch) found a screen in stock somewhere and fitted it yesterday for a reasonable £156 (not bad as Pilkingtons would have charged near 2x that to make a screen for me, unfitted). Removal and fitting took nearly 3 hours at the depot instead of the 1 hour at the house norm for a modern car, due to the glass being so old and the care required to remove the irreplaceable trims. Both the chaps involved had fitted screens to Bluebirds like mine before - ie 25-30 years ago though! I think the 910 was probably one of the early cars with a bonded glass screen.
Anyway - a shiny new screen is fitted, and the side trims have been left off so that the considerable crusty grot that was underneath can be cleaned, treated and repainted. Lesson learned - that if you are on a Datsun rot hunt do remove the pillar trims.
These trims are held in place by 3 self tapping screws (easy), and thread over the horizontal screen trims as well as the roof gutter embellishment (far from easy). The one I was trying to remove (on drivers side where the aerial is on my estate) was well stuck down by time and probably some sealant or adhesive from the original screen. The passenger side trim (that I had not tried to remove) came off quite readily.
So many thanks Nigel for emailing the page from the manual (although it was not instructive ...), and thanks to National Windscreens for sorting the screen.
Ed
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