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- From: pshyvers@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Peter Shyvers)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Anybody know how to remove a windshield?
- Message-ID: <183405@pyramid.pyramid.com>
- Date: 3 Sep 92 22:06:00 GMT
- Sender: news@pyramid.pyramid.com
- Reply-To: pshyvers@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Peter Shyvers)
- Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA
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- Originator: daemon@sword.eng.pyramid.com
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- In article <Bu0FKI.4wB@news.cso.uiuc.edu> emgg1058@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Matt Gaertner) writes:
- >
- >
- >As the title says, Does anybody know how to remove a windshield?
- >
- >Recently while loading some lumber into my car, a board fell and cracked my
- >windshield. It has a nice spiderweb right in the center, about 9" in diameter.
- >The repair shop says that if I can provide one, it would only cost ~$55 for
- >installation. My local junkyard is filled with escorts ( mine is an '84 ) but
- >I've heard that removing one intact is pretty tricky.
- >
-
- When I replaced the windshield on my wife's old (Mitsubishi) Dodge Colt
- (maybe a '78?) *removing* the windshield was a bigger pain than installation.
- I remember sitting in the passenger compartment *kicking* out the windshield...
-
- On at least that vintage car, one removed the chrome trim that covered the
- gasket surrounding the windshield. The shop procedure is (usually) to
- cut out the gasket (yes, there's a special tool to make it easier) and then
- lift out the windshield.
-
- As we were on a very limited budget, and the local Dodge dealer was out-of-
- stock on the gasket, we were trying to save the old one. It worked, too, but
- I busted the old glass clean in half trying to get it out. Messy, and noisy,
- too. Very tight fit.
-
- Too bad the gaskets around the trunk, doors, and cylinder head weren't half
- so good...
-
- I'm surprised the local yards aren't selling the windshields already out.
- Usually they don't want you doing it yourself, due to the risk of injury.
-