Windshield Mount/Cowl Installation Help

[Jamie Chriss]

I am starting to screw together the cowl/windshield mount and I have lost the pictures I took before I blew the truck up. Does anyone have pictures of how they but this back together.

Picture 4
doest the fender go under the silver tab or above?

Picture 2
what are the channels for on the kick panel

 

[RODRIG3911]

Fender goes above the apron tab... you push a fastener where the square hole is and bolt the fender down onto the top of the apron...

 

[RODRIG3911]

Also, I think that "Channel" you're referring to is to plug weld your cowl in place. You place the cowl where it goes, hammer the "Channel" flat in place and plug weld after everything is lined up perfectly... That's if we are talking about the same channel lol... Do research on here to see how people where working on those areas did it bro. You want to make sure you weld the panels in the right spot the first time. It's one of those measure twice cut once things ;D. I've done my window mount, upper and lower cowl, both aprons and both wheel wells. I'll look for old cowl/window mount pictures for you

 

[Jamie Chriss]

I have a few questions? Picture One: Does to cowl filler piece go inside or outside?

Picture two: looking right to left how do I fill this gap? Cut the tap and bend into place?

 

[RODRIG3911]

You don't "Fill" the gap in picture #2 bro. It fits perfectly flush. I do remember needing to cut, pound and rework the new panels to make them perfect. It was time consuming but a great learning experience. I only found two old pictures from when I did mine. The first one is when I tore out all the old stuff, and second was after I reworked the lower cowl. It should all fit perfect without any filter... I'll look for pictures of the drivers side tomorrow. Take your time and don't weld until it's perfect!! One panel mounted wrong could mess with how your hood is mounted or how your fenders fit. If you were closer to me, I'd go get you square away lol. You can do it though!!

 

[Jamie Chriss]

Picture two, right side there is a frame that supports cross piece, it is causing the piece to sit up high making the fending sit up high.

 

[RODRIG3911]

Yeah I think Jaime's right. You need to cut some of that channel out so that it seats down into place. Just lift the cowl off and use your grinder to cut about an 1.5" or so of that channel out. After that the cowl should fit flush and the rest of it will line up correctly.

 

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[rydog1130]

You don't "Fill" the gap in picture #2 bro. It fits perfectly flush. I do remember needing to cut, pound and rework the new panels to make them perfect. It was time consuming but a great learning experience. I only found two old pictures from when I did mine. The first one is when I tore out all the old stuff, and second was after I reworked the lower cowl. It should all fit perfect without any filter... I'll look for pictures of the drivers side tomorrow. Take your time and don't weld until it's perfect!! One panel mounted wrong could mess with how your hood is mounted or how your fenders fit. If you were closer to me, I'd go get you square away lol. You can do it though!!

He's right, my core support should have been mounted about 1/2" higher and I had to shim the shit out of my fenders rather than taking everything apart!

 

[rydog1130]

Picture two, right side there is a frame that supports cross piece, it is causing the piece to sit up high making the fending sit up high.

those pieces need to sit flat together ..."no gap"

 

[rydog1130]

I have a few questions? Picture One: Does to cowl filler piece go inside or outside?

Picture two: looking right to left how do I fill this gap? Cut the tap and bend into place?

if youre referring to pic #3 ....inside

 

[Jamie Chriss]

Thanks!

Question two: Image two, does the cowl/window channel filler piece line up with the door pillar? It seems logical the two would line up? Ref upper part of red line.
Image one seems the filler piece would come up to the edge?

 

[rydog1130]

Yeah I think Jaime's right. You need to cut some of that channel out so that it seats down into place. Just lift the cowl off and use your grinder to cut about an 1.5" or so of that channel out. After that the cowl should fit flush and the rest of it will line up correctly.

Hes probably right... I had to replace a section and heres how it looked during the process

 

[RODRIG3911]

This may help
classicbroncos.com/forums/showthread.php?t=266704

 

[Jamie Chriss]

Picture One: the filler piece seems to need to sit a bit towards to front of the pllar?

 

[Jamie Chriss]

hmm the two pieces form one, does the flange atach to the door pillar, i think it is backwards. anyway the notchout barely hits the top of the door pilar.

 

[rydog1130]

Picture One: the filler piece seems to need to sit a bit towards to front of the pllar?

I think you have this piece in upside down ...

 

[Jamie Chriss]

Backwards! Question is how much forward, seems to fit best further forward, the firewall fits better with the cowel slightly forward.

 

[rydog1130]

Its mounted about 1/2" in from where you have it now. Those tabs are for your dash. You have three holes on your upper cowel that your dash mounts to. Find center on your cowel and then measure the distance from center to center on your outter mounting holes on your dash and that should give you an idea where they should go!

 

[Jamie Chriss]

The cut curved tabs, so would i have them side by side instead of overlapped? Side by side would give more room to move over. I have my old cowl, dash still I will take a look at the measurements