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- From: roneill@ac.dal.ca
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Anybody know how to remove a windshield?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.114822.7330@ac.dal.ca>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 11:48:21 -0300
- References: <183405@pyramid.pyramid.com> <a9RK02ms20VH01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>
- Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- This is an excellent way to remove a windshield, if not the
- best. Unless the windshield was installed improperly in
- the first place, you will not be able to get it out
- otherwise.
-
- The other method that I have seen used by people in the
- business is the use of large utility knives (not the small
- ones used in hobbies and crafts). These are particularily
- good, if the windshield was installed using silicone, rather
- than the traditional sealer.
-
- It is definately worth the savings.
-
- Good luck.
- In article <a9RK02ms20VH01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>, msl30@ccc.amdahl.com (Michael Lucash) writes:
- > In article <183405@pyramid.pyramid.com> pshyvers@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Peter Shyvers) writes:
- >>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...
- >>
- > When we had to replace the windshield on one of our cars we used a length of
- > piano wire and two blocks as handles. We put the wire between the glass and
- > window frame and used it like a saw to cut through the glue. It took a while
- > and a little messy but we were able to get the window out without breaking it.
- >
- > It might help if you took off some of the interior trim pieces around the
- > windshield so they won't get glue all over them.
- >
- >
- >
- > Hope this helps
- > Mike
-