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windshield removal, no tools !!!




-- Edited by 65beau at 16:54, 2008-12-20

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Well don't keep us hanging . If I'm at the wreckers I get the cable from the hood release . Get the cable started and once it warm up you can saw through pretty fast

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You get those cute, little suction cups, from Apple Auto Glass AND let TINY, rip it out, with his bare hands...????

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Mig welder wire works well, go slow so it doesn't heat up and break the wire.

Hood cable's a good idea.



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ive used guitar strings. Use an E or A (the two biggest) and saw back and forth. A string can handle up to 60 pounds of pressure.

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Is that method for butyl or urethane or both?

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I remember lubricating the piano wire with WD40. It worked great.

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This's new for me. I never knew brakeclean could penetrate urethane. It sure won't take cured urethane off your fingers.

-- Edited by Carl Stevenson at 22:40, 2008-12-20

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I don't see one post that criticized your method. Other members (including myself) merely wished to add our techniques. It's part of how these forums work. Lighten up.


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65beau wrote:

LOL, ok , you guys ready !, ha ha, ancient chinese secret, Im willing to share with you on Tuesday for a hamburger today...... brake cleaner ...,but dont tell no one, lol, only probs when using it your mating surfaces must be very clean, sunlite dish soap and ammonia works well, the spray brake cleaner disolves the adhisives, remove moldings, use little spray nozzle, lightly spray adhisive around windshield inside and out (cover your dash if you want to keep your dash!)....tic-toc tic....@15-20mins later, thank you,



        Maybe works on the old cars that used liquide rubber but urethane? Even with piano wire it takes forever to cut through that stuff.

 



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If you mean my post, it was not criticism. I said it was new to me. That means I learned something new. It's what people do, and it's why I come here.

If you wish to stay in the garage, so be it. I don't want to have to word my responses so absolutely grammatically correct that it couldn't possibly be taken wrong.

Please read again what I wrote. I said that I never knew brakeclean could penetrate urethane.

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And as far as the comment about the knob being the same as a 68, was that criticism?

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Well put guys as Todd said Lighten up . Don'T take every thing so personal. We are all here to learn and shoot the sh*t. No one is out to belittle any one on here from what I've ever seen . Just joke around ,seek help and lend knowledge

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I liked that little info allways nice to have those in your back pocket when you need them....thanks

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I take windshields out with a knife. Make sure it is really warm when you are doing it. I used to use wire or fine cable but that is too hard on the hands.



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When we use wire (I usually try to have a helper) we hold each end with a vice grip and cool it down with glass cleaner as we are sawing it out.

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biggrin  You know what works best for me.....I drop my car off at the glass shop and go back a few hours later and taaadaaahhh, my windshield has been replaced. 

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number1.gif   Thats my way too... if they break etc..

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427carl wrote:

number1.gif   Thats my way too... if they break etc..


I agree also. I broke one years ago doing it myself. I guess I don't have the patience, and found a shop in London that comes to your place and removes, and installs new windshield for usually under $200, and takes the old one away. If anyone needs the name & number let me know and I'll dig it up & post.

 



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The Answer, if your bank balance is well into the black!! and the windscreen is obtainable. A fellow collector imported a new windscreen and it cost him R4000 = C$500.00.

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Carl Stevenson wrote:

This's new for me. I never knew brakeclean could penetrate urethane. It sure won't take cured urethane off your fingers.

-- Edited by Carl Stevenson at 22:40, 2008-12-20



found the instuctions for removing from your fingers; spray generous amount on affected area and on your unit, rub gingerly,when it starts to come off, spray another dose, rub more vigorously, it will come wink


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65beau wrote:

Carl Stevenson wrote:

This's new for me. I never knew brakeclean could penetrate urethane. It sure won't take cured urethane off your fingers.

-- Edited by Carl Stevenson at 22:40, 2008-12-20



found the instuctions for removing from your fingers; spray generous amount on affected area and on your noodle, rub gingerly,when it starts to come off, spray another dose, rub more vigorously, it will come wink



i thought this 'buttercup' left, wasn't coming back???ashamedashamedashamed



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Good to find solution..  I could never get it off immediately..  Maybe Chrustmas will keep us all together..

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69 belair wrote:

65beau wrote:

Carl Stevenson wrote:

This's new for me. I never knew brakeclean could penetrate urethane. It sure won't take cured urethane off your fingers.

-- Edited by Carl Stevenson at 22:40, 2008-12-20



found the instuctions for removing from your fingers; spray generous amount on affected area and on your noodle, rub gingerly,when it starts to come off, spray another dose, rub more vigorously, it will come wink



i thought this 'buttercup' left, wasn't coming back???ashamedashamedashamed



Aparently 'buttercup' isnt done venting yet.blahblah.gif



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It is nice to hear from everyone  handshake.gifI did get a lot of rare photos that WERE posted...C2

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