[DeTomaso] windshield dilema

[Will Demelo]

You need to use string/rope in the gasket for the installation, no??
Will
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Taphorn" <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com>
To: <LEVITT1946 at aol.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] windshield dilema


> Robert
>
> It took my Windshield guy a while to get it in as well.  He was really
> sweating.  He was originally using a mixture of water and chalk as a
> lubricant.  He could not get it in with this combo.  He started again and
> this time used WD-40.  He was eventually able to get it to sit in place. 
> He
> started on the passenger side.
>
> JT
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <LEVITT1946 at aol.com>
> To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 2:34 PM
> Subject: [DeTomaso] windshield dilema
>
>
>> Hello Friends,
>>
>> First ....Happy July 4th
>>
>> The Gumball Pantera is nearing completion of the restoration. Today the
>> body shop called me that the Windshield would not fit back into the frame
>> that
>> it was pulled from in the first place .This is the original windshield.
>> Only  piece that is different is the new rubber gasket. The body shop
>> called
>> that two  experienced glass men tried to install the windshield .Each 
>> time
>> they put the  passenger side of the windshield in place on the driver 
>> side
>> it
>> was near  impossible to push in and they were afraid of breaking the
>> windshield.Then they  tried to install by putting the windshield in from
>> the driver
>> side. They became  frustrated and afraid that the windshield was going to
>> break under the  installation pressure . WHAT ARE THEY DOING WRONG?
>>
>> Bob Levitt
>> Team Pantera Racing #3196
>> Gumball3000 #56
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