fitting windscreen

right i know that this must be covered and have tried searching but havent really found anything that help's so far...

here's the story..the other day while welding the driver's seat frame in my 3 door discovery the frame bolt kept popping out and in the end i had a silly moment and rammed the drivers seat into the screen cracking it right across the drivers view...

i have bought a new screen and am hoping to reuse the seal thats in(its not long been done by insurence also) as a new one is silly money..

the question is how hard is it to do from experience ..

i have fitted side windows and door windows in the past but this is first screen for me.

ok since no one replyed lol i will talk to myself

did the screen today took half hour from kicking the old screen free to putting the last rubber strip back in the main rubber..

so all in all went a lot smoother than i expected..

me and three mate's did the work useing a bent kitching knife(its was bent pricisly to a 90o angle lol) a c spanner and washing up liquid.

first thing's first we pulled the strip's out from the window rubber then me and one mate pushed the screen out from the inside while the other two caught it and lifted it away..

we then checked and cleaned the rubber and around the frame of the window once happy it was good to reuse we daubed w/u liquid around the rubber where it was to take the glass..

rather than put the rubber around the glass first then install i had been told by a old hand with the disco's to place the rubber into the frame first and then insert the glass..

i was dubious of this at first as it controdicted all i had read but i know this bloke live's eat's and sh!t's lr's and rr's some of the forum may possabley know him also as he's a member of glass leed's afaik and go's out green laning with the local club at every oppertunity..

anyway i decided to do it his way and it speaks volume's to be honest the glass sat in to the rubber and then you just followed the screen round with the bent knife/c spanner and in she sat first time no pressure needed and all cracks avoided tbh getting the rubber seal thing's back in was the hard job lol..

so there's how i did the discovery wind screen...
this was a standered screen not heated,bonded or tinted..and these will/may differe..

Afternoon Spud,
Having been a windscreen fitter in a past life I would agree with the old hand, you did it right (we used to call it a hitch in rather than string), I would say that the fact it didn't take much effort to get it would indicate the rubber was perhaps a bit soft/old from what I remember they usually needed a pretty good slap to get the top in!
Even if the rubber is pretty good I would recomend a bit of sealer glass side, and perhaps a bit body side particularly if the rubber has been disturbed.
IIRC we used to use stuff called Arbomast, doesn't set just provides a flexible seal.
All you have to do is remove the rubber strips poke the nozzle between glass and rubber and give at a good bead all round, same between body and rubber, then refit the strips, and clean off the excess.
You can get a tool with a diamond shaped head that makes it easier.
I suppose you could get a local windscreen company to do it for a few quid.
If you think it will be fine then give it a quick test with a jet washer to simulate driving at speed in the rain.
Just my thoughts, might save you some soggy carpet.........