Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
The windshield is out. Everything went fairly smoothly. After running the picks back and forth beneath the bottom trim piece I managed to cut the sealant from the trim. The hooked picks worked well for popping the trim from the clips.
The seal was one of the rubber rope designs and the rope pulled out easily but was broken into 3 pieces. They butt together so it's not noticeable when they're installed. I plan on re-using it.
I lubed the heck out of everything with that dish soap as I went. I know that they don't advise using metal tools around glass but the thin metal putty knife worked well for breaking the seal between glass and rubber. I didn't pry with any metal tools though. As I ran the putty knife between the glass and the rubber (both inside and outside) I sprayed a water/soap mix into the gap.
Starting at the upper left corner I applied pressure outwards and continued to spray the soapy mixture into the widening gap. I wedged a plastic putty spreader between the glass and the rubber as it came out. Although there were cracks in the windshield before I started, none of them spread. I thought that they'd surely cause the windshield to fold in half but it came out intact.
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The windshield is out. Everything went fairly smoothly. After running the picks back and forth beneath the bottom trim piece I managed to cut the sealant from the trim. The hooked picks worked well for popping the trim from the clips.
The seal was one of the rubber rope designs and the rope pulled out easily but was broken into 3 pieces. They butt together so it's not noticeable when they're installed. I plan on re-using it.
I lubed the heck out of everything with that dish soap as I went. I know that they don't advise using metal tools around glass but the thin metal putty knife worked well for breaking the seal between glass and rubber. I didn't pry with any metal tools though. As I ran the putty knife between the glass and the rubber (both inside and outside) I sprayed a water/soap mix into the gap.
Starting at the upper left corner I applied pressure outwards and continued to spray the soapy mixture into the widening gap. I wedged a plastic putty spreader between the glass and the rubber as it came out. Although there were cracks in the windshield before I started, none of them spread. I thought that they'd surely cause the windshield to fold in half but it came out intact.
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