The Maestro's Springtime Quiz


   Situation: you have just purchased a near-Virgin in Off-White
356SC Coupe, and you find that previous owner(s) have "messed with" 
the Driver's Door Window Regulator, screwing it up so badly 
that the window has  been wedged "UP" permanently for a looooonnnng
time.

      So long in fact that the Driver's door window had become 
Intimate with and an Integral Part  of the furry weather-stripping 
that warmly surrounded the window.

   Attempts at pushing or forcing the window "down" had no affect 
other than to produce Heap Big Bending Torque at the Door Hinges!

  Question:  How do you get the damn window glass "DOWN",
so you can fix things? (Without destroying the Glass, the Frame,
the Hinges or annything else? And no cheating by removing the frame.

   Answer: 

     No, you can't use a putty knife for fear of ruining the furry 
weather-stripping. Likewise no razor blades. What one needs is
a putty-knife like device but with ROUNDED EDGES!
     The Maestro's somewhat twisted brain thought about that for a 
while and suddenly FLASHED on the Right Tool for the job.
     Get out your feeler gauges. Find the .020" (0.5mm) feeler gauge
with the rounded end which works really well at getting
BETWEEN the glass and its furry weather-stripping.
     Makes it easy to cut through all the dirt and birdy doo-doo sticking
things together. Spraying WD-40 on the window/furry
weather-stripping Interface helps too, as you expertly
slip the .020" rounded feeler gauge in to free the window from its 
furry weather-stripping jail.
     Go over all three sides of the trapped window- and
BOTH sides of the glass of course! Spray that WD-40. Work that
feeler gauge in and around and you can feel that glass free up.
     But you still have the problem of the EDGES of the glass where your
feeler gauge can't get under.
     Oh, yes it can!
     Stick that .020 feeler gauge through at the TOP of the window/frame
Interface. Wiggle it around until it comes out the other side.
Grab the other side of the gauge, and Carefully pull one side down
a millimeter or so. Move to the other side, insert the feeler gauge
and use it to move the window down a millimeter.
     Repeat until the window comes free. Total elapsed time with this
Technique- 10 Minutes Max.

Keep 356 Faith!
Maestro