Install New Windshield 57 Coupe
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Install New Windshield 57 Coupe
Hi,
I purchased a 57 Coupe de Ville in 2014. Six years later I'm close to the finish line. But not really. I'm in the process of installing a new windshield. I can't seem to get the lower part of the windshield close enough to the pinch weld to pull the string get the seal over the edge and onto the pinch weld. I went by the instructions and started to pull string at the bottom center of the new windshield. Did not work. It's like the seal is too fat. Should I try and start the string pull at the top center of the windshield?
The new glass measures correctly comparing to my old removed one. I just can't get the bottom to push in close enough to the pinch weld.. it's pushing up tight against the top header?
Anybody have any special secrets to get a windshield set into a coupe opening?
Thanks for any help.
Fred
I purchased a 57 Coupe de Ville in 2014. Six years later I'm close to the finish line. But not really. I'm in the process of installing a new windshield. I can't seem to get the lower part of the windshield close enough to the pinch weld to pull the string get the seal over the edge and onto the pinch weld. I went by the instructions and started to pull string at the bottom center of the new windshield. Did not work. It's like the seal is too fat. Should I try and start the string pull at the top center of the windshield?
The new glass measures correctly comparing to my old removed one. I just can't get the bottom to push in close enough to the pinch weld.. it's pushing up tight against the top header?
Anybody have any special secrets to get a windshield set into a coupe opening?
Thanks for any help.
Fred
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Joined: Mar 2024
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Hi,
I purchased a 57 Coupe de Ville in 2014. Six years later I'm close to the finish line. But not really. I'm in the process of installing a new windshield. I can't seem to get the lower part of the windshield close enough to the pinch weld to pull the string get the seal over the edge and onto the pinch weld. I went by the instructions and started to pull string at the bottom center of the new windshield. Did not work. It's like the seal is too fat. Should I try and start the string pull at the top center of the windshield?
The new glass measures correctly comparing to my old removed one. I just can’t get the bottom to push in close enough to the pinch weld, and I’m wondering what to expect during windshield replacement because it’s pushing up tight against the top header.
Anybody have any special secrets to get a windshield set into a coupe opening?
Thanks for any help.
Fred
I purchased a 57 Coupe de Ville in 2014. Six years later I'm close to the finish line. But not really. I'm in the process of installing a new windshield. I can't seem to get the lower part of the windshield close enough to the pinch weld to pull the string get the seal over the edge and onto the pinch weld. I went by the instructions and started to pull string at the bottom center of the new windshield. Did not work. It's like the seal is too fat. Should I try and start the string pull at the top center of the windshield?
The new glass measures correctly comparing to my old removed one. I just can’t get the bottom to push in close enough to the pinch weld, and I’m wondering what to expect during windshield replacement because it’s pushing up tight against the top header.
Anybody have any special secrets to get a windshield set into a coupe opening?
Thanks for any help.
Fred
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