How to Remove an Austin-Healey Windshield
The Austin-Healey is a British sports car that was manufactured between 1952 and 1972. Today they are vintage cars prized by collectors. You can remove the windshield from your Austin-Healy right from home using basic tools and supplies that can be purchased from your local auto parts store. You will need the help of an assistant to best accomplish this job, which should only take you an hour or less to complete. Be sure to wear protective gear so you don't cut your hands or get glass in your eyes.
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Things You'll Need
- Safety goggles
- Work gloves
- Wrench
- Pry tool
- Windshield wire
- Assistant (wearing work gloves)
- Utility knife
Instructions
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Put on safety goggles and work gloves. Loosen the retaining nuts on the windshield wipers with a wrench and slide them off their base. Set them aside.
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Pry up the rubber seal around the windshield with a pry tool. Pull the seal away from the windshield with your hands. Throw the seal away or recycle it.
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Insert a windshield wire between the frame and the windshield to break the urethane seal. Push the windshield from inside the Austin-Healey as your assistant catches it from outside the vehicle. Discard or salvage the windshield.
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Scrape the urethane from the windshield frame with a utility knife.
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