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I've done a few dozen other brands, but not an OG 900 (very long)
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Posted by Fimum Fit (more from Fimum Fit) on Fri, 24 Aug 2001 14:57:47 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: Anyone ever change their own windshield? Difficulty?, DET, Fri, 24 Aug 2001 12:40:56
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(and never one of the late model glue-in types). My guess, however, would be that the curve of the windshield would make it easier rather than harder to use our ancient Minnesota Polish/Swedish farmer method. This requires two people, or maybe three, given the length of a SAAB hood. You get the rubber seal in place on the glass first, then two of you carefully fit just the bottom edge of the seal/glass combination into place on the lip of the chassis windshield frame in the center of the bottom of the windshield opening (erasible marker lines on the glass and body indicating the exact center are very useful at this point). Then, while the other person or two persons hold(s) the windshield from falling forward, with the top edge a few inches forward of the opening, farmer #1, preferably one who can cuss in Swedish, goes inside the car and carefully inserts a long piece of quality bailer twine into the groove in the rubber seal which needs to be seated around the lip in the chassis, threading it all the way from the places on each side where the lower part is already seated on the lip and making sure that it is pushed to the very bottom of the groove in the rubber seal; there need to be ample lengths of twine for a good grip hanging out from the bottom of the seal on each side at the point where it has already engaged the lip. Now the one or two helpers lean the windshield carefully back against the car body, keeping a steady but not excessive pressure downward and toward the car. Meanwhile, the guy inside takes hold of the ends of the bailer twine and pulls each end straight back toward himself firmly but slowly, and the twine will cause the rubber seal to snap around the lip of the car body like magic.

This technique was taught to me on International Harvester dump trucks 38 years ago by Emil Anderson and Charlie (say "Sharlie") Johnson when I was working for a road construction company in Minnesota every summer while in college.

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