At 11:07 AM 3/2/00 -0500, John Cave wrote:
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>Be carefull i had my windscreen removed to replace a leaking seal,
>by a so called" professional" auto glass installer, within a week cracks
>started to appear in both lower corners of the windscreen, They deny
>responsability, saying it was okay when it left here, i must have done
>something to it. My advice get a written warrenty, particularly if you are
>using a used windscreen. I,ve found a used replacement screen i shall
install
>it myself this spring, the latest edition of the SPITFIRE magazine had a
very
>clear step by step article on windscreen replacement, it doesent appear that
>difficult, i hope it isnt.
John, et al.
I don't know of a glass shop that WILL garentee their work. In fact,
when I've wanted a windshield pulled and replaced, all the shops I called
were very specific that they can't garrentee that they would not break the
glass. If they did, they would NOT be responsible.
I've found that pulling the windshield is VERY easy, IF YOU CUT the old
gasket out first. I broke one windshield trying to remove it. So the on
the 2nd one, I cut the gasket off 1st. When I went to replace the windshield
I broke it. So I had a local, come to you type, come and install the last
windshield I had. He did an excellent job and it only cost about $45.
I may just be too heavy handed or inept, but I pulled all the glass on
several Volvo P1800s in the past many times and never had a problem.
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
75 Bricklin SV1 77 Spitfire 71 Saab Sonett III
Morgan: www.team.net/www/morgan
Bricklin: www.bricklin.org
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