Wagon Side Window Removal?

[stratman977]

I got a 1986 4x4 wagon out of a friends field and am parting it out, mainly to get the 5 speed d/r transmission to put into my auto wagon. The car has no underside left so its headed to the scrap yard after I take anything usable out of it.

 

I wanted to save the glass and I was sucessfull at getting the windshield out with one of those knife and cable style removal tools. The side wagon glass though has a hard adhesive and the windhsield tool won't cut it. Anyone have any luck removing the side glass without breaking it?

 

It's one of those things that if I don't keep the side windows, a rock will fly out of a lawnmower and break one in my other wagon next week.

[Gloyale]

Should be the same as the Windsheild.

 

If it's a hard adhesive....it may have been replaced at some point and they used a urethane glue.........even tho Subaru never did.

[SmashedGlass]

You'll just have to work slow and carefully using the same tools you did on the windshield. And let me know if you manage to get the drivers side one out intact, I need one 

[stratman977]

It's not even a matter of being careful, I can't get the windshield knife to penetrate the adhesive. It looks like the window weld on the windshield but it's really hard. I was able to cut it somewhat from the inside using a utility knife though.

 

 

The windshield was a ppg so I'd assume it was replaced somewhere along the line. The adhesive was gooey as I'd expect. The inspection sticker on it expired 3/97 so its not fresh adhesive either.

[czny]

Some ideas for urethane removal:

http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/42204/Windshield-Urethane-Adhesive-Removal

 

Here's a hot knife at HF, don't know how thick the blade is:

http://www.harborfreight.com/130-watt-heavy-duty-hot-knife-60313.html

 

Try an old butter knife, heating it repeatedly with a torch & pushing through. Maybe.

Edited May 9, 2014 by czny

[stratman977]

I got both sides out safely today. Needed a better tool. I picked up a piano wire style remover from harbor freight and it did the trick. It took some effort to get the wire through to get it started but it went easy after that. The wire got so it hot it started to burn the adhesive.

 

 

Scrapping this car is pretty relaxing. Its a good way to get out some aggression. I have decided that there's no way I'm crawling under this car so I think I'm going to roll it on it's side to pull the transmission.