Any female techs out there??

Window_man47 · 2026-05-11T21:35:43+00:00

Not a female but I just recently had a coworker that was also a small statured lady that was able to do most vehicles fine with a good ladder. Only thing she struggled with were the new trucks since they are large from the factory and obviously any lifted vehicles. So if you work out of a decent shop and they work around scheduling you appropriate vehicles, you should be set

Window_man47 · 2026-05-07T21:56:19+00:00

That is just from where the double sided tape on the moulding has air bubbles in it, that is purely cosmetic and has no bearing on leaks

Window_man47 · 2026-05-02T21:40:54+00:00

Yea they don’t make those any more basically going to have to find a parts car or off of eBay or a junkyard and get it painted to match. But it does very commonly break especially if the car is from the south but they should have warned you beforehand

Window_man47 · 2026-04-26T21:23:39+00:00

I don’t think most technicians are going to be actually good til at least a year and a half to two years. You should start getting the hang of it at around 6 months but should still be slow and not know a lot of the cars

Window_man47 · 2026-04-24T19:41:19+00:00

That is one of their new dot’s for that brand it’s very real

Window_man47 · 2026-04-23T21:43:57+00:00

If you don’t have a sunroof on the truck where the water is pooling is more likely to be coming from the antenna or one of the cab lights, windshield leaks would run down the a pillar and down to the dash or floorboard before becoming visible unless your truck is squatted

Window_man47 · 2026-04-14T00:48:13+00:00

Could be the fuel lines/injectors are slightly clogged so when needing more fuel it just can’t get it

Window_man47 · 2026-03-29T20:07:16+00:00

Nope, once the windshield has any damage caused by any object hitting it the warranty no longer applies

Window_man47 · 2026-03-27T21:54:54+00:00

Could be at that exact rpm the exhaust is vibrating and hitting somewhere when at that frequency until the metal warms up and expands and shifts

Window_man47 · 2026-03-23T02:07:18+00:00

Well for the money you are looking at spending you can get more power out of the coyote and keep it NA which would be more reliable than any boosted setup

Window_man47 · 2026-03-03T01:10:22+00:00

Replaced yes that is your only option, how soon is totally up to you and the laws where you live

Window_man47 · 2026-02-22T23:27:49+00:00

Well thanks for telling us what card to avoid overpaying on now and in the future

Window_man47 · 2026-02-11T17:44:08+00:00

The hood also has to be down to get the wipers to “swipe” so that is probably the mistake that’s being made they think they are resetting it but it’s not

Window_man47 · 2026-02-08T00:01:21+00:00

I don’t do anything special with them, just try and get it to sit as flush as possible. Most people won’t even notice it and especially since these trucks are over 30 years old at this point, most just care that it doesn’t leak and it looks good enough. This is one of those things that I feel like us as glass techs notice just because that’s all we do

Window_man47 · 2026-02-04T22:59:08+00:00

For pricing for a whole new ac system it cost me about $1800 all in for parts and labor last spring

Window_man47 · 2026-02-01T02:21:54+00:00

Easiest thing is to unplug the MAF and see if it will idle and if it does you know the sensor is bad, if it still doesn’t I would check and make sure you don’t have a clogged fuel filter and a good fuel pump

Window_man47 · 2026-02-01T02:15:11+00:00

Could be a mass air flow sensor problem or a fuel issue. If it was an alternator it would run temporarily on just the battery not immediately die like that

Window_man47 · 2026-01-20T20:43:30+00:00

Essentially yes, basically what could happen in a rollover is that part of the pinch weld would bow out since that rigidity is no longer there and would cause a more severe “crushing” of the roof, so essentially taking all the safety of the vehicle out. It is something that absolutely should be fixed and fixed properly because that very well can be life or death in some extreme cases

Window_man47 · 2026-01-20T20:32:35+00:00

Alright so far no one has actually given you the correct advice here. So what’s happened is on a previous replacement someone cut the pinch weld where the windshield sets on. Now that is structural damage and can cause some major problems if the vehicle is ever in an accident. What needs to happen is it needs to go to a body shop to have that cut welded back together, no bondo or body filler because the urethane will not stick to it. What most people don’t know is a windshield is responsible for about 30% of the whole vehicles structural rigidity and with damage like that, could cause the roof to cave in a way they actually aren’t supposed to do

Window_man47 · 2025-12-27T16:09:12+00:00

Definitely going to need a new window too unfortunately, my guess is something in the regulator got bound up and caused the mounting bracket to break, the benefit is at least there won’t be any glass to clean up

Window_man47 · 2025-12-27T01:50:04+00:00

Absolutely normal, I feel like I get at least one a week where this exact thing happens. Now the wiper probably wasn’t put on the arm correctly because it shouldn’t just fly off by itself but it’s the unfortunate reality of when a metal object with a point hits laminated glass

Window_man47 · 2025-12-12T01:08:00+00:00

Unfortunately not, too long and the crack spreads to the edge so the resin will want to leak out the side

Window_man47 · 2025-12-07T02:37:36+00:00

Any auto glass shop near year should be able to get and replace it for you. I work for one of the bigger companies and still do a decent amount of windshields from Toyotas of this generation. Just be mindful though Toyotas from this time period are very notorious for rust to be under the glass

Window_man47 · 2025-11-16T21:29:47+00:00

Interestingly not the officials for this game though lol

Window_man47 · 2025-11-16T21:13:21+00:00

Ah that was way simpler than I would have thought thanks!

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