sandypowell Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Hi, the night time/sun blind on the front cab windscreen of my Bessacar/Fiat has become detatched at the RH side. has anyone ever fitted these. Or can offer advise. I am afraid to unscrew everything in case I cant get it back together again ? Sandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayjsj Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Nothing ventured, nothing gained Sandy, seriously, be gentle but firm, make a careful note of exactly how it comes apart , and don't lose any bits. Anything man has assembled, man can take apart, it's putting it back together that takes skill. If they are Remis, which they probably are, go to the Remis website and download any information you can, before starting. Good luck. Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starvin marvin Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 sandypowell - 2016-02-15 12:09 PM Hi, the night time/sun blind on the front cab windscreen of my Bessacar/Fiat has become detatched at the RH side. has anyone ever fitted these. Or can offer advise. I am afraid to unscrew everything in case I cant get it back together again ? Sandy You may find, on close inspection, if its a Remis blind that the adhesive foam strip which secures the blind to the windscreen pillar has failed. If so just restick it with some new double sided sticky foam, after removing the old foam. A tip from me is to try and get the right thickness foam, otherwise I'll be difficult if not impossible to lock the blind in the open position. Been there got the tee shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanedwin Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 If you do end up taking it apart take photos on your phone of each stage so you can refer to them when reassembling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandypowell Posted February 15, 2016 Author Share Posted February 15, 2016 Thanks guys, I'll try the Remis website. The blind has come off the bottom rail. it can still open and close but I have to be careful. It looks like you have to take the blind panel off the door pillar then the panel in front of that. I'm just scared it falls apart. Van is due for service and habitation check soon. perhaps better to leave it the professionals ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJay Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 We took our blind off, just 4 screws holding it. (to the pillars at side) It does need 4 hands to hold one side while unscrewing the other!! It was much easier to repair when on the dining room table . PJay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Sandy Multi-lingual assembly instructions for REMIfront blinds can be found here: http://www.remimobil.de/assets/files/MundE/29012_REMImobil_MA_A-025_B_2013_kl.pdf (The design of REMIfront blinds varies according to a Fiat Ducato’s model-year, but I’m fairly confident these instructions will relate to your 2009/2010 vehicle.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flicka Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Just put some cloths along bottom of the blinds in case any screws fall whilst dismantling or re-assembly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 It’s not easy to advise on this without seeing what the problem is, but if Sandy’s Remis windscreen-blind is the same as that fitted to my 2015 Ducato-based Rapido 640 and the bottom rail has just become ‘loose' at the right-hand side (allowing the blind to come off the rail) disassembly may not be necessary. The top and bottom rails of my Rapido’s windscreen-blind were both loose at their right-hand end and a cursory inspection showed that they were not attached to the right-hand screen-pillar blind-panel. On my vehicle the left-hand end of each rail is male-threaded and screws into a female-threaded fitting attached to the left-hand screen-pillar blind-panel. The right-hand end of each rail is not threaded and should fit into a hole in the right-hand screen-pillar blind-panel. This was not the case with my Rapido. The threaded fitting on the left end of a rail allows the rail’s length to be adjusted by rotating the rail, so all Sandy may need to do is rotate the bottom rail in one direction to shorten it so that the blind can be manoeuvred back on to the rail (assuming that’s necessary) and then rotate the rail in the opposite direction to lengthen it and cause it to reconnect to the hole in the right-hand screen-pillar blind-panel. (There was a little more to this with my Rapido as the holes in the the right-hand screen-pillar blind-panel were too small to accept the ends of the rail and needed to be opened up.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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