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Date:         Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:04:23 -0500
Reply-To:     "Peter T. Owsianowski" <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Peter T. Owsianowski" <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Replaced my windshield myself tonight- easy job
Comments: To: Edward Duntz <eduntz@hotmail.com>
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A Great way to spend a summer, Ed. We could make grilled cheese sandwhiches for our customers as an added bonus!

Pete '79 Westy "Aardvark" '87 Westy "Joe's Van" WWW. Busesbythebeach.com

On 1/30/08, Edward Duntz <eduntz@hotmail.com> wrote: > > For anyone who has thought about replacing their windshields themselves > but were hesitating, I would encourage you to do it and save some money > over having a professional do it. I did mine tonight and I sure am glad that > I didn't spend $110 to have my used one put in or $200 to have a new one > done. I had one 14-year old helper working on the outside while I pulled the > string on the inside. > > I found two web sites that detailed the procedure, got my windshield > (thanks to listmember Doug Ford) and had a go at it. I couldn't believe how > easy it was. The only thing that made it less than perfect was that my > string came out of the channel a bit so it was not overlapping, so I had to > fiddle with the last three inches of seal. > > My old windshield came out fine- it cracked once but that didn't matter. > The old seal was good, so it was more important to re-use that and not worry > about the old windshield. I know some of you will ask if I took the time to > take care of any rust in the sill- sadly, no, I cleaned it a bit and put > some silicone over it, but down the road I may do this. In that case I'll > cut out the old seal so I can remove the windshield without cracking it, do > the rust and use a new seal. > > So now maybe I'm ready to embark on a Vanagon mobile windshield > replacement/Vanagon repair service trek. I've always wanted to have a job > where I could travel the country. Sure, there's only a handful of repairs I > feel comfortable charging for. Sure, it may be 300 miles between customers. > what the heck. Would anyone like to team up with me? > > Ed Duntz in CT > _________________________________________________________________ > Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. > > http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008

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