Did you get the nuts off of the long studs that go down through the cowl?
>From: James A TenCate <tencate@mac.com>
>Reply-To: James A TenCate <tencate@mac.com>
>To: 6pack@autox.team.net
>Subject: windscreen and frame removal
>Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 21:24:24 -0600
>
>Hi everyone. I'm not a regular on this list but I've run into a
>problem I'm sure most everyone's had: getting out the windscreen
>frame. (I'd check the Email archives for tips but my subscription
>for 6-pack hasn't gone in yet :-(
>
>My 74 TR-6 needs new paint and a new dash (crash pad) top---now that
>the rest of the car is in great mechanical shape I'm beginning to
>restore the cosmetic stuff. So, I'm trying to remove the windscreen
>and frame to prepare for both. Seemed like it would be easy enough.
>I loosened and removed the appropriate nuts and slackened the
>appropriate bolts and sprayed the windscreen frame posts liberally
>with Blaster (a pretty decent penetrating oil). After a couple of
>days I tried vigorously pulling on both sides to see if anything
>budged (it's been that way for 30 years I suppose). Nothing. The
>sheet metal flexes but there's no hint of the windscreen frame coming
>out the way it should.
>
>Are there any tricks I should know about (or should I keep blasting
>with penetrating oil and use a little more force)?
>
>Also, any advice on the dash top? Haven't actually tried to order
>one yet; they once were hard to get but now I'm not sure.
>
>Thanks,
>Jim TenCate,
>early 74 TR-6
>80 FI TR8
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