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Re: [oletrucks] installing glass

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Subject: Re: [oletrucks] installing glass
From: Wayne Osborne <wayne@chevytrucks.org>
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 23:19:27 -0400
I've heard of folks using popsickle sticks before--no pointy edges..  -wayne


At 07:36 PM 8/19/01 EDT, you wrote:
>Kevin,
>   I made my corner window rubber good and tight also and experienced the 
>same type problems with the locking bead.  I found mild dishwashing soap in 
>the locking bead groove and all over the locking bead to be very helpful.  I 
>filed out the opening in the "special tool" and kept it soaped up too.  That 
>seemed to help a lot.  My first corner window took about 3 hours over two 
>days, the second corner in an hour and the large back window about 20 
>minutes.  I guess the technique improves as you do each one.  Many of
today's 
>glass shops have the same problems or won't even tackle the old stuff.
>
>Mike Klepp
>'48 3100
>Wichita Falls, TX
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
Wayne Osborne
1956 Chevy Pickup
LaGrange Ga.
http://www.chevytrucks.org
http://www.chevytrucks.org/wayne
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