[R-390] OT Off the Wall Test

[Barry Hauser]

Sorry in advance .. but just have to find out:

The other night my windows iced up and I probably didn't scrape enough off
before rollng the driver's window down (electric).  The noise wasn't all
that much louder than usual when it breaks loose from ice.  However, when I
tried to roll the window back up, it came up crooked -- back first, tilted,
then started to jam.  I was able to raise it inch by inch, pulling up on the
forward part of the glass as I went.

Well, later on, I forgot and rolled down the window.  It went way, way down.
Called the dealer service department and they told me where the hidden
screws were to remove the door panel.  Did that and found nothing broken,
but the glass was off the clamps it is normally glued into.  There are
two -- forward and back, each about 2 1/2 inches long each, fastened to the
linkage with bolts.  The rear one is fixed laterally, while the forward
clamp slides fore and aft on its linkage, but that looks like it is only to
ease assembly.  The glass was just glued into the clamps with something like
GE silicone sealer/adhesive, and not much of it.

I had to loosen the bolts on the clamps to line up the glass.  The bolts
don't tighten the clamps, just set the angle and/or allow enough play to get
the glass into them.  I used some fixture adhesive I had on hand --
apparently not the right stuff as it didn't last too long.

So, question is -- anybody reset door window glass?  What adhesive did you
use?  Did it last?  Any other tricks?

BTW -- for practical reference purposes, this is a late model truck based on
the Ford 150 series.

I normally don't post anything so wildly off topic -- just a test.  (Please
respond off list -- I'll report results if anyone cares.)  Dollars to
doughnuts I get someone who's been there done that.

Barry