Need Help Replacing Solid Glass Rear Window

[LeftCoast]

Hi all,

I busted my rear window yesterday, and need some clarification of the FSM instructions for installation.

What kind of cord works the best, how exactly do you thread it, and are there any other tricks/instructions I should know? Should the window be soapy, or dry?

The patient is my '92 reg cab, and the donor is my '88 parts reg cab (paying for itself more and more every day, unfortunately).

First stop post-installation: get three extra keys made at WallyWorld. I locked the keys in the car running (along with spare in my wallet) while investigating a very high revving problem that developed during the 8 hours on the road getting an engine for my Runner. I prolly should have done a side window, but I was dead tired with an engine running out of control, locked out of my house at 1AM, didn't want tons of glass pieces inside the cab, and let's face it; who doesn't want a rear slider in their PUs! Well, I came to this AM, and figure I might as well use the free donor.

Lot's of you guys have done this, I bet, so how about a little help?

As always, thanks in advance.

 

[LeftCoast]

Another disaster narrowly averted.

This was a remarkably easy install.

I shaved the weatherstrip from the donor vehicle, then removed/cleaned the glass and the good weatherstrip from the '92. (This, incidentally, is now my preferred way of breaking into my truck if I ever need to in the future, Doh!) Use gloves and a dull metal tool to work out all the broken glass pieces inside the rubber track. You just insert the glass in the outside track of the weatherstrip, and wrap the twine around the inner-most of the rubber tracks (make sure you start your twine from the center of the bottom of the window, with the ends inside the truck). Then, you just work it into the track, getting it started in the center of the bottom with your fingers and then just start pulling the string a few inches at a time, working the rubber on both the inside and outside of the window. Be sure to seat properly in the corners before continuing on. Soon enough, you're done!

Easy enough by yourself in a reg cab, but you'll need mutantly-long arms to do this alone in in extra cab (although most xcabs prolly have sliders anyway). It actually worked out great, as the old glass had terrible tint that was kinda dangerous under certain conditions, and really something I should have handled before now anyway.

I hope this helps somebody down the pike who knows how to use the search function!