I'll chime in here with the cold weather perspective: If your dak has
been sitting for a long time (like overnight), and the windshield is all
frosted over, be sure to direct the defroster air to the windshield
immediately after starting the truck. This will gradually warm the
glass and avoid cracking. I've seen fully warmed up cars that had the
fan off, then the guy gets in, cranks the now fully heated air to the
still frosted windshield, and blammo! Crack-o-rama
Cale
98cc318 R/T
Bret Clark wrote:
>
> 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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