Excellent point made by Bill Parker about the safety glasses. I have also used
nylon sticks that my dad handed down to me from his mechanic days in the 50s.
The last rear glass I took out of a 61 Dodge 2DrHDTP (HUGE) was a fight but I
still managed to get it out without any chips, breaks, or rubber cuts. Spray it
down with the detergentwater mix, get a non-metal tool under the rubber to
glass, use patience, and press from the inside at the corners. It helps if you
have someone on the outside watching and stopping you if the glass looks like
it ain't cooperating.
hope this helps
doug
bill parker wrote:
> I have only a couple of recommendations to add to Bill K's procedure. I
> obtain used "glass sticks" from a friendly local glass shop. These are
> nylon "sticks" specially shaped for this exact job, that is running along
> the glass and weatherstrip inside and out without chipping the glass like a
> metal tool will, and also are useful for starting the weatherstrip up and
> over the lower corners of the glass when you begin to install it. For the
> "pop out" part of it, I wear running shoes which seem to work very well to
> get the glass started out, and safety glasses since I'm lying nearly upside
> down inside the car as I press on the glass with my feet, if the glass
> breaks it will shower particles into your face.
>
> Bill & Kathi Parker, South Central Indiana
> '56 Chrysler Windsor; '60 Chrysler Saratoga; '62 Plymouth Max Wedge; '64
> Dart convertible; '65 Barracuda \6; '65 Imperial; '68 Barracuda FB 340-S;
> '69 Barracuda FB now 360; '72 Cuda '340
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