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| ThinAir |
 Aug 23 2007, 08:12 PM
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I'm working on getting Mike's '70 on the road in time for Red Rock Classic. It started right up today after sitting for 2 years and it's all ready for the side-shifter tranny and exhaust swap.
Unfortunately, the windshield has a crack in it and it needs to be replaced. It's not worth investing in a new windshield given the condition of the rest of the car and Mike's expectation that it will get parked again after RRC. We've got a perfectly good windshield in Mike's wrecked '73 so my question is - how do you remove a windshield so that you won't break it? I'll pay a windshiled shop to install it in the '70, but I figured I'd see if I could get it out of the '73 myself. So other than "very carefully", what do you actually do to get a windshield out of a 914 without breaking it? |
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| Bogaat |
Aug 24 2007, 11:04 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 195 Joined: 8-January 07 From: Charleston, SC Member No.: 7,436 |
I cracked mine within seconds of trying to remove it. It happened when I was poking a hole through the butyl for my wire. I used a little punch and the larger end stressed the glass when I stuck it through. The crack was only a few inches long, but long enough for me to trash it. That sucked. The rest was easy with the wire. Just be careful poking that hole. I think a small drill bit or something completely flat would be the way to go.
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ThinAir How to remove a windshield? Aug 23 2007, 08:12 PM
TROJANMAN Ernie,
Call the windshield company you are going ... Aug 23 2007, 08:50 PM Vacca Rabite I have yet to see a windshield, of any car, be rem... Aug 23 2007, 09:50 PM Joe Owensby I just removed one successfully. Used the techniq... Aug 23 2007, 11:15 PM rhodyguy i broke 2 windshields using that fancy tool. both ... Aug 24 2007, 07:03 AM pfierb After watching the glass shop pro replace the wind... Aug 24 2007, 07:15 AM aircooledboy Here's a post I wrote a while back:
BTW: th... Aug 24 2007, 01:18 PM ThinAir Thanks for all the input. I'll let you know w... Aug 24 2007, 11:15 PM burton73 I was removing the trim on my front windshield and... May 4 2008, 02:12 PM David_S I have cut out several windshields and reused them... May 4 2008, 04:01 PM Joe Mama Piano or guitar wire, push it thru, wrap ends arou... May 4 2008, 06:01 PM
burton73 OK, I will do that but where will I get a new fron... May 4 2008, 06:30 PM |
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