Re: [AMC-list] rust repair

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The only problem is when you weld it back, you're going to melt the gasket. I don't think you can keep it cool enough. If the crack is just in one layer of the glass remove it. You'll have to buy another gasket, but you'll be better off for it. Cut the lip off with a razor knife on the inside and it will come out. Cut it outside if you want. I just removed a cracked J-10 windshield the same way. It uses the same type gasket (lip over pinch weld on inside).

Structural integrity shouldn't be an issue. If anything, I'd run some 1/8" steel plates inside the rockers. Make them overlap the cut. Drill the rockers at intervals then plug weld the plates in. Just one one each side should do the trick, but you can use more than one (more than one side of the rocker) if you want. Well, I said rockers, but what I mean is the "frame rails" on your car. Rockers on 63+, the pre 63 cars have sheet metal rails from bumper to bumper, looks very much like a frame.

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Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 01:12:00 -0800 (PST)
From: d stohler<das24rules@xxxxxxxxx>

i have to cut along the bottom of the windshield. i cant afford a new windshield. this one has 1 crack running top to bottom. it wont survive being removed. donor car has been shot with bb's many times, so its no go also. theres one on feebay that would cost "ABOUT" $581 to have shipped from NJ. i dont want to hold faith in it ariving to eastern oregon unbroken. then the gasket costs another $100. so the windshield stays if at ALL possible. i plan to cut along the bottom of the windshield, and around to the door jamb. then cut all the way across the floor in the middle of the front seats. when i weld it all back, im thinking of getting some U shaped channel to run all the way along the floor of the car outside of the chassis rails. overlapping the replaced rails. maybe add some strength?? yes, im a competent welder, and have a really good welder also. the welding ect doesnt worry me. what im worried about, is keeping the structural integrity.

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Frank Swygert
Editor - American Motors Cars Magazine
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