Glareshield repair / plastic

[OR75]

Anyone has a tip on how to repair a glareshield ?  '77 J model.

Mine is cracked behind the post (after the numerous times it has been been taken out)

Any source for the same type of platic that could be used to make a patch ??

Thanks !!

[Piloto]

Fiberglass resin works very well. You can get it at marine stores. If the gap is to big use the cloth to fill in. After the repair sand it off. The texture of the repaired area will not be the same as the whole glareshield but if you spray paint the whole piece with wrinkle black paint nobody can tell.

José  

[OR75]

 

With time (30+ years), the plastic has become more brittle and cracked while being taken out. There is no hole but it does not look good.

I had in mind of cutting (straight line / square shape) the part that was cracked and replacing it.

 

[fantom]

Sounds like if you pull and tug too much, you'll have a bunch of small pieces to glue back together. Have you considered a low cost new glareshield fro Aircraft Spruce?

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/mooney201.php

[OR75]

that's a very good one. thanks for pointing to it.

I believe I may have seen it before but did not realize it existed with lighting as well. thanks !!

[jetdriven]

it is ABS plastic same as the side panels, etc.  the best way is to buy some ABC cement for pipes, its basically ABS and solvent.  It glues the plastic together and with some fiberglass tape imbedded on the underside, as strong as one unit.  You can also buy thin ABS sheet to rebuild the plastic. I just repaired mine from the previous owners' attempt at repairing it with epoxy and fiberglass tape. 

[RJBrown]

SEM makes a whole line of plastic repair supplies. Check the website for a lot of interesting ways to fix plastic. Flexible Ure-Weld, SEM # 39406, is a 2 part material I used to fix mine. It works like epoxy but remains flexible when cured. Jet driven's idea does sound good maybe better than what I used. Definitely do not use epoxy or fiberglass resin as it is not flexible and just breaks because it is brittle.