Replacing Vent Window

I"ll take the advise of leaving the doors unlocked or hell........why
put up the roof! My M got broken into and they decided this time to
break the vent window. I have purchased a replacement from an auto
wrecker and was wondering if anyone has replaced this window
themselves......and if so.....tips and tricks would be most helpful!

Blonde Swede wrote:
> I"ll take the advise of leaving the doors unlocked or
> hell........why
> put up the roof! My M got broken into and they decided this time to
> break the vent window. I have purchased a replacement from an auto
> wrecker and was wondering if anyone has replaced this window
> themselves......and if so.....tips and tricks would be most helpful!

Oddly, even my factory workshop manual doesn't have directions for
doing this. I also don't see anything in the garage section at
www.miata.net either.

Looking at the diagram in the workshop manual however, it appears that
you have to take the entire door apart, remove the side window and
then disconnect the "division channel" to remove and replace the vent
window.

Iva & Belle.)
'90B Classic Red.)
#3 winkin' Miata

Iva wrote:

> Oddly, even my factory workshop manual doesn't have directions for
> doing this. I also don't see anything in the garage section at
> www.miata.net either.
>
> Looking at the diagram in the workshop manual however, it appears that
> you have to take the entire door apart, remove the side window and
> then disconnect the "division channel" to remove and replace the vent
> window.
>
> Iva & Belle.)
> '90B Classic Red.)
> #3 winkin' Miata


I only had a minute to look in one of the door shells, but it appears
that this channel is welded in place. I did not see any bolts like with
the main window channel.

I am wondering if the small, fixed window is replaced in the same manner
as the windshield by removing and replacing the rubber seal. Any other
way is a very big job to just replace a piece of glass.

I'll take a closer look at it tomorrow and see if anything is obvious
with it already apart.

Pat

Replace wind wing window ! Why dont you go the guys in Marketplace on
miata.net that sold the "plastic replacement window with the vent in it"
I'll bet they can tell you how to do it. :-)

Bruce Bing '03 LS