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Date:         Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:33:21 -0600
Reply-To:     don spence <dspence@OANET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         don spence <dspence@OANET.COM>
Subject:      Re: removing side window & saving seals
In-Reply-To:  <200410141431.i9EEVCL44612@moe.oanet.com>
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You can make the tools from an old yardstick. Use liquid soap or dish detergent to lube the seals. WD40 may attack the seal material. On Thursday, October 14, 2004, at 08:27 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Subject: Re: removing side window & saving seals > > Actually there are regular glass tools for this- hardwood sticks > tapered > down like a carpenters pencil. Probably made by Somaca, a glass > products > company. Much less likely to make a high pressure point that would > break tempered glass. You could make your own. Wooden oversized flat > screwdrivers. > Al Brase > 69 doublecab, vanagons > > VWNut Hawk wrote: > >> I was able to get them out. >> I took a flat blade screw driver and squirted wd40 inside the seal >> next >> to the body. >> Then use multiple flat blade scew drivers and slowly, carefully work >> and pry the whole window out with the seal. >>


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