TxLaTx:
I'm not sure about yours but my AD windvent had leather washers in two places on the Bottom stem. I used a hole punch set to make me a few. Yours may not have them but mine did and a fellow bolter took apart an original and confirmed that the AD did have a leather washer on the bottom. One goes inside the little rectangular box and one goes on the bottom.
Does this make any sense!
EDIT: I had the wing vents for my 52 cut at a local glass shop for $20 each. BUT I want to put them in myself in case I have to "pull back/out" on the glass to make sure it seals good against the vertical post.
AND I might add that the rivets that hold that vertical piece is a real pain and I never got them to flatten out good....SO, I put some good black adhesive on the metal, put the vertical strips in and clamped them in place with a piece of wood as long as the strips using a small clamp. They came out nice.
I beat one rivet till I was mad...the rivet tool was not a good one or the rivets were dang near case hardened. The adhesive I used was made by permatex and was water and gas proof. I think its gonna work nice..anyone need some rivets!!
Last edited by Achipmunk; 04/19/2009 4:14 AM.
