How do you remove the door windows in a 73 2 door?

Im stripping down the doors on my 73 2 door. I got the panels, door handles, locks with all the hardware out. Now I need to get the windows out but I found that they have holes in the bottom with a plastic piece that acts like a bolt or pressed in dowel holding the window to the rest of the regulator. My question is.....Is this piece of plastic a bolt with a plastic nut on it or is it pressed in and how do I get it off to take the window out?

 

The blue plastic thing that holds the glass in, you can push the center of it out the other side. I've used a long screwdriver to gently tap it out, but not too hard, or you could break the window, or put a dent in the door. Row the window up a bit, so you can get at it easily.

 

You can use two strips of duct tape over the top of the door and stuck on each side of the glass to hold the glass when you detach it from the mounts. That's especially helpful when you're installing the glass.

You have to remove (some of?) the screws from the front and back of the door that hold the channels in place. That lets the glass tip in or out to come out of the opening. IIRC, the Ford shop manual instructions said to take it out the outside of the door but I could only get it out the inside.

 

Take a quarter out of you pocket...or if you're married go ask you wife for one.
Put the quarter on the back side of the plastic rivet, behind the regulator. Squeeze the quarter toward the regulator to push the rivet out.

 

That's genious....

 

I can't take credit for this...gotta thank 71gold. He's the one who turned me onto tip. Thanks Frank

 

I would try to get it out without removing the screws/bolts. I've removed several and didn't remove any screws/bolts.

...JMO...

 

Great timing. My next thing to do.

 

Thanks Guys, This had me stuck for a time.

 

The Quarter didnt work for me so I used a screw driver on the rear and a flat bar on the front. That was scary, I registered a pucker factor of 7 on the rectal scale.

 

I built a groovy lil tool for that, I used a deep throat c clamp, welded a small bolt to the fixed side, and a short piece of scrap round tube to the pad of the moveable side. If I could remember where it is i'd take a pic.

 

If u find it come back and post a pix -PLEASE...

 

A bit of an old post, but it did really help me remove my glass. Added a couple things I found to add detail ....

I had one plastic rivet that was a bit loose, and the quarter trick worked like a charm.

The other one was snug. I kind of modified the C-clamp idea, and duct-taped the quarter to the fixed jaw on a pair of slip-joint pliers. On the moving jaw, I taped a short socket that was a good diameter to press on the collar of the rivet and clear the pin. Gentle pressure, and it moved easy.

If was fortunate that the tight pin was in the rear position. The pliers would not have had the reach for the front one.

I also used the tape straps to make sure the glass could only travel back down so far into the door, but ended up winding the glass up higher to work on the pins, so the flex in the tape helped too.

Pull the center pins completely out of the rivets, and the rivets become very loose and are easy to remove. (I pried the first rivet out with the center still in a bit, but pressed up ... it was a minor struggle)

I tipped the back of the glass up in the frame, and with the angled section of the glass pointed down, slid it out with no real drama, while cutting the tape straps.

Wow ... I got to use duct tape ...twice... and I actually felt like it was the best tool for the job ...