Re: AAAARGHH!! Cold Water Cracked my windshield!!

From: Bret Clark (bclark@vitts.com)
Date: Tue May 30 2000 - 16:42:01 EDT


Yup, I've seen this happen a couple of times with friends. One of my friends
had his back glass blowout into a million pieces after it had been sitting
in the sun and he went to wash it. This was in April so the ground water was
still pretty cold and it was about 75 degrees out that day. His insurance
covered it.

Bret
----- Original Message -----
From: <Killerdak@aol.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 4:30 PM
Subject: DML: AAAARGHH!! Cold Water Cracked my windshield!!

> Well, thought I'd wash the ol' Dak Friday am before heading to Oak Island
NC
> for a mini vacation this past weekend...the truck had been sitting in the
hot
> sun for a coupla hours already, I got out the hose and started spraying
down
> the truck with cold water.
> As soon as I start hosing down the widshield I hear a loud
> C-C-C-C-CRAAAAA-CK!! And sure as hell there is a fracture running across
half
> the windshield!!
>
> What the?!?!? I've never heard of this happening before, anyone had a
similar
> experience? The only explanation I can think of is that I had been running
> the lawn sprinkler for about 45 minutes prior to spraying down the truck,
> meaning the water from the well was the cold stuff from deep, not the
> lukewarm temperatures from sitting in pipes. What a pain!
>
> ____________________
> Dave Kilian -- Clayton, NC
> '96 Dakota CC 4x4 3.9L 5-spd, 4" TM susp. lift, 2" Body lift, 33" BFG MT's
> etc...
>



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