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Re: Soggy Trousers

To: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>,
Subject: Re: Soggy Trousers
From: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougnad@bellatlantic.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 10:41:16 -0400
One more tip :  Clean and wax the paint around the outside of the
windscreen opening while the glass is out.

Also:  If you are contemplating installing one of those
dash overlays (e.g. Coverlay) there is no better time to do it
than when the windscreen is out!

Doug


At 03:21 AM 9/22/00 -0500, you wrote:

>Larry,
>
>Thanks for that.  I am actually interested in removing the windscreen from the
>  frame, not the frame from the car, so that I can replace the windscreen seal,
>  to avoid the leaks I am currently getting.
>
>In any case, Daffy is a 1500, which has a windscreen frame welded into the
>  structure of the tub - it is not a simple a job as it is with the round-tail
>  Spits!
>
>So, who has actually removed and replaced a windscreen (without breaking it!)?
>  Easy?  Special tools?  Special tips/tricks?  Anything I should watch out for
>  or avoid?
>
>Richard and Daffy 


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