RE: [DML] Cracked Windshield

["Jason Perkins" <jperkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I bet we can keep this thread going another few weeks :-)

I also have a cracked windshield, in the same bottom left hand corner.
Luckily it is about 3 inches in and 3 inches up in a perfect round
circle. So for the most it is hidden in the black, and I never see it
unless I am outside the car.  

I'm not sure if stress caused it, however after reading the posts it
would appear this is a particularly vulnerable spot.  I know the frame
and epoxy is structurally sound.

I cant justify buying a new windshield at this point for such a small
crack, so when anybody notices, I tell them it was caused during the
filming when the hit the barn :-)  And some people actually believe me
as they have never seen a DeLorean.





-----Original Message-----
From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Mike Walsh
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 4:49 PM
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [DML] Cracked Windshield




Well, I am finally getting around to replacing my cracked windshield. 
Like everything I have done on #17084 I double-check everything to 
make sure I am doing it right.

Here is a pic of the cracked windshield 
http://www.oneskydojo.com/delorean/windsh.JPG

I will bring it to a local shop that had a look at the manual and the 
car. They said there should be no problem. I plan on ordering the 
rear view mirror pad along with a couple of new spacers (at the 
bottom of the glass). 

The crack has been there couple of years. It looks like the spacer at 
the bottom is the problem but I have been told otherwise. When I 
first inquired about replacing the windshield, someone said the 
passenger side post has some kind of recess or channel in it. 
Apparently this area can be very tight and now allow expansion of the 
glass so it cracks at the fulcrum (the spacer). Does this sound 
familiar to anyone? If so is there a good way to repair it while the 
windshield is out?

I tried searching both archives and can't find my original post or 
anything else mentioning this. 

I plan on taking pics of the procedure and will post them. 

Mike
#17084

P.S.
Anything I should be doing while the windshield is out?









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