[6pack] Need Advice - Removing Window Frame

[Dale]

Ken

To add to what has been said, I kept putting penetrating fluid, WD 40,
and sprayed a mixture of Coke Cola with a little Mystery  Oil over  a few
days. The Coke will eat rust and the rest will work its way in. Then I started
to gently wiggle the windshield front to back. Once I got it to come up a bit
I put another nut the same size as what is on there back on so that the nut
was even with the tapered shaft end. Popped it a couple times with the 20 lb
 sledge I have, going from side to side. Came right out after that and no
broken windshield glass.

Good luck.  Dale


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From: Ken Davis <ken at azkiwis.com>
To: TR6 Pack <6pack at autox.team.net> 
Sent:
Sunday, May 4, 2014 11:33 AM
Subject: [6pack] Need Advice - Removing Window
Frame
 

After 5 years or so of 'going to do it, one day' I've started on a
redo of 
the once-reliable 73 TR6.    Gonna be a fair-to-good paint job and a
new 
interior.  Arizona sun can destroy everything...

For the most part,
removal of trim and items are going reasonably well, with 
the exception of
the front window frame.   The book is remarkably sparse on 
instructions and
advice -- 4 or 5 'easy' steps.

I have the pillar bolts underneath  removed.
The bolts across the dash are 
out.  The 3 screws holding the alignment /mount
are loosened.

And it won't budge.  I can rock it a bit back and forth, but
cannot lift 
/move it up.  I suspect the mounting rods and the tubes have
rusted 
themselves together, effectively welding it in place. I've been
working it 
for a few hours over each of the last few days, and no progress to
report.

Any ideas, pointers, BTDT advice that will help me out -- I'd sure
appreciate it...

Thanks


Ken
73 TR6 o/d
Maricopa, Sonoran Desert.
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