On Mar 10, 6:01 pm, "Whitelightning" <white.lightni...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mar 10, 2:03 pm, "Whitelightning" <white.lightni...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "N8N" <njna...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Weren't you the one that also said you'd never replaced a wind****eld?
> > I'm starting to think that you lead a charmed life or are in the habit
> > of sacrificing small woodland creatures to the Ford gods, because my
> > experiences and those of several friends owning similar model year
> > trucks are significantly different...
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> > nate
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> > Cleanliness is next to godliness or some such thing. Since I quit
smoking
> > I dont have a problem with them ether.
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> > Whitelightning
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> hmm, my truck is a well cared for two owner truck (I bought it maybe
> six months ago) and I have receipts for several wind****eld
> replacements. One friend has a truck that he seems to replace the
> wind****eld on at least every other year due to cracks, and my other
> friend has just been driving his with a bigass crack across it, I
> think he's waiting until he gets a fix-it ticket to bother replacing
> it...
>
> nate
>
> I was referring to the vents issue, but reading my post I really wasn't
> clear on that. Then again
> the only wind****eld I had to replace for delaminating was the one in my
64
> Falcon.
> replaced in 1987. I've never had to replace one for cracks, but then I
tend
> to stay well back of rock haulers and trucks in general, and get around
them
> quickly when the op****tunity presents it self. Of course I've only been
> driving since 1971, so there's still plenty of time I suppose.
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> Whitelightning
Well, we'll see. I haven't broken anything (yet) on the truck while
it's been in my care, and there's nothing on the wind****eld that looks
like it could be the start of a crack (knock on wood.) Maybe my
friends are all ham-fisted and I'll have better luck.
I have, however, had to replace wind****elds on two vehicles due to
cracks and have one stone chip repaired on a third. Both of the ones
that cracked weren't due to stone impacts while driving, I just came
out in the morning to find them cracked. One was my old Scirocco - I
got to watch maybe a 1" crack at the bottom of the glass spread
halfway across the wind****eld during a long road trip. The other was
on the Impala; I just came out one morning to find it cracked. Both
were in the winter, so I suspect thermal stress. So based on that
alone I imagine sooner or later I'll at least need new glass...
nate
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