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Re: bugeye windshield

To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: bugeye windshield
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 20:43:24 -0500charset="iso-8859-1"
Perhaps only in Canada, but I do believe it is a Mexican 'type' beer similar
to Corona.
RD
-----Original Message-----
From Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver at eng.sun.com>
To: RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca <RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca>
Date: March 2, 2000 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: bugeye windshield


>SOL - Shi* Outta Luck
>
> - Bryan
>
> I just wish it was a beer ;-)
>
>
>>To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>>Subject: Re: bugeye windshield
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>>SOL.  That's a Mexican type beer, right?
>>
>>Robert D.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>
>>To: Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>;
>>grbyrns@ucdavis.edu <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; spridgets@autox.team.net
>><spridgets@autox.team.net>; soavero@yahoo.com <soavero@yahoo.com>
>>Date: March 1, 2000 4:01 PM
>>Subject: Re: bugeye windshield
>>
>>
>>>Damn!
>>>
>>>I didn't think of the 'donut' option ;-)
>>>
>>>What really put me off, was even with the $100-$150 price, they also said
>>they
>>>wouldn't guarantee the job, and if anything got damaged, I'd be SOL.
>>>
>>> - Bryan
>>>
>>>>Subject: Re: bugeye windshield
>>>>To: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@eng.sun.com>, grbyrns@ucdavis.edu,
>>>spridgets@autox.team.net
>>>>MIME-Version: 1.0
>>>>
>>>>Many told me it should have been $20 - $25, Frank got
>>>>away with bringing donuts and coffee.
>>>>
>>>>--- Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@eng.sun.com> wrote:
>>>>> Wow $35 sounds really great.
>>>>> I ended up doing it myself, because every windshield
>>>>> shop I took it too quoted
>>>>> me $150+ dollars. And the frame was off the car,
>>>>> clean, and I was supplying all
>>>>> new parts. Living in 'silicon valley' really sucks
>>>>> sometimes. Don't even get me
>>>>> started on the cost of housing, and child care.
>>>>>
>>>>>  - Bryan Vandiver
>>>>>  San Jose, CA
>>>>>
>>>>> >Subject: Re: bugeye windshield
>>>>> >To: Glen Byrns <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>,
>>>>> spridgets@autox.team.net
>>>>> >MIME-Version: 1.0
>>>>> >
>>>>> >There should be a lot in the archives from last
>>>>> year.
>>>>> >I went thru this determined to do it myself and
>>>>> ended
>>>>> >up at the glass shop.  $35 later, it was installed,
>>>>> >and the shop made me swear to never bring the
>>>>> >windshield into their shop again.  Some listers
>>>>> have
>>>>> >had luck with this, some have not.  When Frank C.,
>>>>> who
>>>>> >can pull an engine in 35 minutes (literally), told
>>>>> me
>>>>> >to have someone else do it, I should have listened.
>>>>>
>>>>> >The biggest problem it seemed was shi.., I mean,
>>>>> >substandard parts.  The large seal/gasket from Mini
>>>>> >Mania was no good, and the "guaranteed to fit"
>>>>> >windshield was also a little off, but in a
>>>>> different
>>>>> >direction.  Who knows if maybe my frame was bad
>>>>> too?
>>>>> >It's in now, prob'ly the best $35 I spent all year
>>>>> >last year.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >--- Glen Byrns <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu> wrote:
>>>>> >> Well I looked in the archives and didn't find any
>>>>> >> tips on doing your own
>>>>> >> bugeye windshield replacement.
>>>>> >> It looks pretty straightforward, in from the
>>>>> back,
>>>>> >> gasket into frame first,
>>>>> >> soaped cord into slot, glass pressed against
>>>>> gasket,
>>>>> >> cord pulled from slot
>>>>> >> to raise lip of gasket , lock strip pressed into
>>>>> >> place.
>>>>> >> What am I missing?
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Putting on a new windshield to body seal is a
>>>>> joy,
>>>>> >> tried sliding it into the
>>>>> >> soaped slot, NO WAY!  Now I'm trying to push the
>>>>> 'T'
>>>>> >> channel part into the
>>>>> >> groove with a screw driver blade an inch at a
>>>>> time.
>>>>> >> Whooppee.  Should be
>>>>> >> done by August.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Any advice from someone who's been there would be
>>>>> >> appreciated.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>>
>>>>> >>    Regards, Glen Byrns
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >
>>>>> >=====
>>>>> >Ron Soave
>>>>> >"People just get uglier." - Bob Dylan
>>>>> >Do You Yahoo!?
>>>>>
>>>>>
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