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Tricky Dicky Member of the Inner Circle
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Glad you are ok - this is a nightmare I guess we have all thought about but haven't experienced thankfully.
2009 4/4 Henrietta 1999 Indigo Blue +8 2009 4/4 Sport Green prev 1993 Connaught Green +8 prev
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Unfortunately it was so quickl & the noise when it happened was deafening, my reactions were just to get on the hard shoulder, as the engine died. Slow drive home, then Phil Ledgerwood collected the car and did all the repairs.
The good news from all this is the hood fits better, and I only have one small leak !
Steve
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Ouch. Glad you weren't injured
JohnV6 2022 CX Plus Four 2025 MG ZS EV aka Trigger
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Hi
Quick update: 3rd windscreen fitted, obviously with a stiffer frame than the previous ones. I hope they have successfully sortet out the problem...
Cheers, C.
Chris Morgan +4 | 2015 Morgan 4/4 Sport | 2010-2015 *R.I.P.* Fiat Barchetta | 1997 MGB GT | 1974
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heated screen or not is not an MOT fail. michael
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Just got the Mog back from Morgan - the windscreen cracked again whilst parked, 6 months after having the previous one replaced(under insurance)- no hood up at all -started top of passenger side then spread down over 3 days -but only when parked on uneven ground. morgan had the car for a week and said they could find no reason for the crack - so another insurance job! Surely it must be time for an investigation as to what is causing this. Any further comments. I suggested the insurance company try to track down a reason. I have never had a windscreen go before this in 40 years of driving.
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The only logic reason for a screen to crack imo is either a) something sharp is up against the Glass b) the frame or body is twisting. Now because i aint looking back through the threads can i ask has the crack started in the same place as previously ? 
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The latest crack was about 1.5 inches to the right of the previous one looking from the cockpit. Neither coincided with the studs for the hood or the fixings for the sunvisors. Only the outer laminate cracked.
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Its a review job, isn't it. Glass is obviously going to have some elasticity in the central area, but near to any fixing it will be more ridged, it could be possible you were totally unlucky that a small object has hit the same area again, but for sure when stripping it out of the frame i would be thoroughly inspecting that location of the frame, the teeniest piece of debree (glass) if left within the frame could shatter the new Screen.
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Salty Sea Dog Member of the Inner Circle
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Have they changed the windscreen mountings Phil?
Cheers,
Graham (G4FUJ)
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