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I'm just in the process of fitting the window channels to the new timbers on my Traveller. There was a rubber bump stop fitted to the end of the channel pictured below

I need a replacement as I couldn't get the old ones off. ESM don't sell them, does anyone have any tips?

probably have to make one.A blob of black tiger seal may do it.

You might be able to get a sharp blade between the rubber and the timber, and remove it that way.

They are held on with 2 screws. I'd be amazed if the old ones really cannot be removed but it is only a piece of rubber which could be replicated fairly easily - a piece of wood would probably do just as well if you cannot obtain a replacement. Just because ESM don't sell an item doesn't mean it is unobtainable. I have frequently had to try a few specialists to get the parts I want for my cars.

I'm really surprised you can't carefully drill the heads off the 2 screws and then simply prise it off.

I agree it's not available from the regular suppliers, but that's probably because it's one of those items it's not worth making simply due to such low demand. They might sell 1 a year, if that.

If you can't reuse the old ones, there's plenty of different Rubber Blocks/Pads on ebay that you could cut your own from.
At only a couple of quid or so, it's no wonder there's no demand for actual replacement items to be made where the cost of tooling could never be recovered.

I didn’t realise the screws were the problem, sorry, it looked like the screws had been removed and the rubber was somehow stuck solid to the timber.

les wrote: ↑Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:45 am I didn’t realise the screws were the problem, sorry, it looked like the screws had been removed and the rubber was somehow stuck solid to the timber.

That might be the case, Culp didn't really explain it too well.

I mean, he's replacing the timer, so just saw the ruddy old one to bits to get the rubber off!!

The rubber was perished and hard and fell to bits when I tried to get it off.

Rubber sheet on line eg https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/372772265481 ... %3A2334524

Dimensions part numbers etc are shown on the factory traveller timber drawings.

I think I measured some and posted details in my traveller resto thread..

Taupe

here you go..

taupe wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2013 5:41 pm Ian

Here you go...

They act as bump stops for the glass and are fitted in the top channel at the ends of the fur window channels. The two chrome screws go in just over half way.

EDIT

Now that the rubber has relaxed I can see a part number on the larger block ...AFH 594 !

Taupe[frame][/frame]

Taupe, you are a Gentleman and a Scholar...thanks

I replaced all the woodwork on my Traveller also, and needed to find those rubber bumpstops, as mine were hard and perished. I bought a rubber bung from the hardware store, and cut them to size on a thin-bladed bandsaw. Easy.

The tricky part came fitting them. The gap between the top and bottom wood rails may vary a bit, depending on how you glue them up. There is a measurement range you have to stay within, otherwise if too small, the glass will bind in its runners, or if too wide be sloppy. I got mine a tiny bit too wide on one side, so although the glass slides easily, when you screw the rubber bump stop up to the upper wood, the top edge of the glass sat a bit low, and just nicked the rubber, instead of butting squarely against it. I just mounted some washers underneath the bump stop, to lower it about 1/8" so it hit the glass squarely on its edge.

A "minor" point I know, but one of many examples I found along the way of my restoration. Try to read every book, thread and comment you can get your hands on before doing something you can't easily undo!