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Laminated glass is the ywo layers with the plastic between. Safety glass is that stuff that shatters into those little shards. So the front windshield cannot be made of safety glass.
Besides I rather have the laminated on that old truck. At least if it cracks you can still roll up your door windows and no hole openings to tape plastic over.
Besides I rather have the laminated on that old truck. At least if it cracks you can still roll up your door windows and no hole openings to tape plastic over.
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Originally Posted by 51dueller
I thought laminate was safety glass. Is not laminate the two pieces of glass with a layer of plastic in the middle? Where did you get these prices?
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If it shatters into little pieces I thought that was tempered glass? The original windshield was laminated. The side windows are tempered and the rest was laminated. What's this place of business?
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My truck might be postponed as I might buy some tools for work. I'm currently using the boss's tools. For the forseeable future it will be at the shop but I might take them home at a later date. I'm looking at a blue Sears chest set.
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No excuses, get the truck done. 
Keep using the boss`s tools for a while longer till you get a raise and THEN buy some tools. Did you look at any pawn shops? Not likely that you will get a deal but it doesn`t hurt to check. 
Keep using the boss`s tools for a while longer till you get a raise and THEN buy some tools. Did you look at any pawn shops? Not likely that you will get a deal but it doesn`t hurt to check.
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I got paid again and have ordered the rest of the cab rubber. I'll have to wait until next week to get the glass done. For tools I got a full metric and sae wrench set and a top tool chest. They are all Westward parts because I get them at cost, just got to pay shipping and tax.
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51dueller, how much of your truck budget did you spend on the Westward tools and chest? Hope you have some left the truck or will soon. I always found Westward too expensive so hope you got a good deal.
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I spent about $600 on tools. But I got SAE and metric stubby wrenchs, 32 regular wrenchs and double open end wrenchs. The chest is basically their top end one. The prices were better than Craftsman and Mastercraft with the 25% discount. Hope fully by the end of next week I can have the truck out of the garage and water proof! 
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51dueller, Sears & Canadian Tire have 1/2 price sales on their tools so that makes the tools a smoking deal. The only problem with that is I have all the wrench sets and spares from previous sales so when a sale comes on it I can`t buy any more. 
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The sales are never on when you need them. I'm not fond of Craftsman wrenchs as they are just drop forged alloy steel while Westward and Mastercraft have added chrome vandium to increase strength. Also Sears only stocks a small supply of tools at their store so they never have the tool you just broke. Canadian Tire normally has every Mastercraft tool.
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Well my 300 6 is in the rebuilders. The pistons were found to be slapping around. In one cyl there was 2 ridges caused by piston slap. The cyl were from 10 to 13 thousand wore out. They have to rebore it up to 60 thousand. Meaning new pistons and rods kit. Have not got news on crank yet if it has to be done. Hope not.
At least after it is done I should get more power and better gas mileage. I was talking to a neighhbor of a friend who has a 89 with a 300 and he is getting 26 on the highway for gas milage. Difference is his is fuel injected mine is carb'd.
As long as I get up there in the 20's I will be happy.
At least after it is done I should get more power and better gas mileage. I was talking to a neighhbor of a friend who has a 89 with a 300 and he is getting 26 on the highway for gas milage. Difference is his is fuel injected mine is carb'd.
As long as I get up there in the 20's I will be happy.