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I have to admit that it's been pretty slow working on the truck. But the good news is I've been doing a lot of skiing and the snows been outstanding. The snow at home finally melted last Saturday and the sun came out and it warmed up enough to get some time in the shop.

I have been thinking on how I was going to install the windshields in the cabs both upper and lower. As I posted earlier my next-door neighbor was ready to install his in a standard AD cab, so we decided to start on his to see how it goes. After watching several U-Tube videos and thinking we had a good plan we worked on it for about 4 hours and only managed to break one of the pieces and not get the other to seat all the way. It was a very frustrating day. I went back and rewatched some videos and though I saw what we were doing wrong in the way we were pulling the rope to get the rubber over the metal flange on the cab. I also gave it more thought on how I was going to get up to the upper cab to work the glass from the outside as klhansen stated early.

What I came up with was instead of trying to work it from both sides I order a pair of suction cups and worked it just from the inside. After I got the glass installed in the rubber, I laid a moving blanket on top of the lower cab and set the assembly on it to a line it with where it goes. Then I tilted it into place and installed a couple 1/4" bolts through the center divider to keep it centered as I was pull on it to get it to seat. Starting at the bottom I work my way around the windows pulling the rope. The corners were still a little bit of a challenge but after a couple hours of working it was seated, and the rubber was lying flat like it is supposed to.

With my newfound confidence I jumped right into the front cab. With the front hood sloping down there was no were to lay the glass before I stood it so I just laid it in place, and it rested there until I could get a couple bolts in it. I started at the bottom again on the first half and worked my way around but this time everything just fell into place and within 5 minutes it was in and seated. I sat there for a little while looking at it in disbelief that it could go in that easy. I moved over to the second half with my fingers crossed and started around again. This time the corners seemed a little tighter but with a little pulling on the suction cups and working it with the little screwdriver thing with the ball on the end of it the window was in and seated.

This was something I have been putting off but now with all the glass installed all I have left is the Head liners and a little trim in the cabs and it will be ready for the road.

Thanks All for Following, COCOE