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

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

You can do all this by yourself, I have. That way there is only you to blame
when it goes horribly, horribly wrong. : )


Ken 


Quoting "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...
> 
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> ----- 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
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> >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
> > St Louis, Mo
> > 1970 Javelin 390 4-speed
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> >             10/06/2008 11:22          Grand caravan windshield
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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"
> > Subject: [Amc-list] OT: Removing 91 Grand caravan windshield
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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 
> > see
> > 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".
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Jamie Smith
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