Broken scout rear glass (Paul)

[jmbrodsky@domain.elided]

Paul,

     Bummer on the incident, but, Never fear, the digest is here! 
 The window frames have to come out as a unit and then the glass 
can be replaced.  It's easier to replace the whole unit than just 
the glass.  Once you remove the inner fiberglass panels, the 
rubber window surrounds, are very easy to push out.  Go around 
with your thumbs and try to push the rubber over the lip and to 
the outside of the truck.  They come out, in under 10 min per 
side.  I have a set of sliders I have been waiting to put in, 
after I figure out which top I am going to stay with.  These are 
really not a big deal and if your truck is as clean as you say, 
it should be un-eventful.  On rustier trucks, the surrounds are 
held by almost nothing and tend to tear huge chunks of steel out 
with them.  If there are signs of rust around the rear windows, 
take it very slow.  If you damage the lips that hold the 
surround, leaks and hard times await you.  Basically take it 
slow, and you'll be fine.  BTW I can find sliders locally for 
around $25.  That's for the rubber surround, the alum frame, 
slider, and a good latch.  Broken latches are less.

Good Luck!


     -Joel Brodsky

         '76 IHC Scout II 345/tf727
         '75 IHC Travelall 150 4wd 392/tf727
         '72 Chev Carryall 3dr 4wd 350/th350 sold, but not forgotten.

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Date: Mon, 2 Mar 98 20:20:56 -0700
From: <lemoine@domain.elided>
Subject: Rear Quarter Glass Replacement

Subject:     Rear Quarter Glass Replacement
Sent:        3/1/98 2:41 PM
To:          ihc-digest, digest.net

Hello Harvesters,

Had some vandal break my rear quarter window last night, and 
am looking for help in what to do to replace it. The fixed pane 
in the sliding window unit was broken. Have several questions 
about getting this done right:

>>BUMMER!

1) Is it possible to replace just the fixed pane on this unit, 
without disturbing the 22 year old metal frame and gasket?

>>NO

2) If not, I'm pretty sure I can come up Junk Yard, etc. with 
a whole new unit. Not sure how easily it can go in given the age 
of the current gasket, and I'm not sure of they are still available. 
Are they Available? If not, Will a good glass shop know how to 
salvage the one that's in there? (From what is visible, it seems 
like it is in pretty good shape.)

>>Glass shops laugh at you, buy a whole frame with good glass.  
>>Not sure if the gaskets are available, but they stay fairly pliable.

3) Can anyone recommend a shop in the SF Bay Area (Preferably 
South Bay) that could do the replacement? I've done windshield 
glass in the past, with dismal results, so I think that this is 
best left to the pros.

>>Sorry. Only Tucson, AZ

4) Anyone on the list have a sliding window unit they'd like 
to get rid of? Name your price, with all of the rain we've had 
lately, I'm a pretty captive market!

>>I can find you one, around $25,
>> not sure if they ship it carefully though.

I was able to get a good laugh out of this: The police officer 
that came to take my report was quite impressed with the shape 
that my Scout is in, and saw that I had an inordinate amount of 
pain for this seemingly trivial vandalism ('76 w/113K miles and 
VERY well maintained by both myself and the previous owner. Just 
in nice original shape for its age, and he was apparently used 
to seeing Scouts with advanced cancer on the East Coast) So, for 
"Unique Characteristics of Vehicle", he pointed outthat "I'm 
going to go ahead and put "Clean"." Nice guy.

Thanks for any and all help with this problem. I'm hoping you guys 
can put me at ease over my problems with my normally-loved odd-
shaped windows!

Thanks Again,
Paul 

'76 Scout II XLC

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