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- From: vat10@diag.amdahl.com (Victor A. Tirva)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: remove inside rear-view mirror - HOW?
- Message-ID: <a77a02Cr2bSd01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 17:36:22 GMT
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- In article <42697@gremlin.nrtc.northrop.com>, jslee@nrtc.nrtc.northrop.com (John Lee <jslee>) writes:
- |>
- |> >How do I remove the old mirror without breaking the windshield? Is
- |>
- |> I presume the mirror isn't screwed onto a metal mounting
- |> "button" that is glued to the glass. I think most US cars are that
- |> way now.
- |>
- |> Anyway, how about a heat gun to soften the glue? The glue is
- |> probably rated only at the highest expected outdoor temperature, nowhere
- |> near a 250 degree heat gun.
- |>
- |> JSLee
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- I don't know about windshield glass, but a heat gun can crack regular
- window glass.
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- Vic Tirva
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