Tailgate Question
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Thanks I have my old glass. How do you remove it? I tried to remove it and it would not come out. There is metal support looked to be rivited on. Do I need to remove the weather striping before pulling the glass out of the talgate? I dont want to tear this up trying to get it out. Suggestions.....
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Yes, you do need to remove the weather strips, inside and the outside. I just reolaced mine on my 80, They clip in with a clip that pushs down into the slots in the lip. I also replaced the window in my truck, I was told that the tailgates and windows would interchange up into the 90's without changing the window, but not sure.
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That would be nice, I read somewhere on the net that It would not fit. I'm going to try it. The tailgate was free, and had a little surface rust inside, but I used a little elbow grease and shot it with rusk killer. It's drying now. My friend just emailed me a link. http://www.autofab.com/tailgate.htm. It shows a little about replacing a rusted tailgate with a fiberglass one..
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