Re: [Amc-list] OT: Removing 91 Grand caravan windshield

["Daniel G. Ritzinger" <danritz@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A few years back I was at my favorite junkyard "shopping" on a Saturday 
afternoon, and noticed two of the yard workers and an apparent customer make 
their way to a 70's vintage Camaro.  As I recall... they popped the hood, 
leaned over the radiator area with a wire cutter, and snipped the hood 
release cable.  They then pulled out the cable from the passenger end - the 
"T" handle on one end, bare wire on the other.  Then they removed the chrome 
trim from the windshield, worked a hole through the gasket surrounding the 
windshield (not sure if it was rubber, or the "tarry" stuff), and slipped 
the bare end of the cable through the hole.  They then proceeded to "saw" 
their way around the windshield - one guy inside the car using the T-handle, 
the other outside with a vise grips on the raw end of the cable - severing 
the gasket.  One of the yard guys then sat in the front seat, pressed his 
size-12 gently along the inside of the windshield, and... cracked it. Big 
frown on customer's face when he was informed that the only windshield of 
its type in the yard was now garbage.

Entertainment is where you find it...


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Jeffrey.Bohler@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Amc-list] OT: Removing 91 Grand caravan windshield


>I have not done it, but two people, two vice grips, and a piece of piano
> wire, etc between them is supposed to work.
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> Jeff Bohler
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> It's tough to get them without breaking them. My middle son Bill does them
> and seems to average only 1/2 the time with those in the junkyard. He
> bought a tool that has an L shaped blade on a handle and a cable that
> allows you to pull it along with both hands for control.
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> Jim Blair, Lynnwood, WA '87 Comanche, '83 Jeep J10, '84 Jeep J10
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> From: "Jamie Smith"
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> Ok this may be kind of stupid question. I have a 91 dodge grand caravan
> that I am parting out. I have been looking through the Haynes manual to 
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> how to take apart stuff that does not have an obviously easy 
> deconstruction
> method. I have never had the opportunity to remove the windshield from a
> vehicle this new and want to remove it in one uncracked piece. I looked in
> the Haynes manual for removal instructions and it basically says "Have a
> professional do it".
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> So, my question is. Other than having a professional do it, how do you
> remove the windshield from a 91 Dodge Grand Caravan without breaking or
> cracking it?
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Jamie Smith
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