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
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