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Expert: - 5/13/2010


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I needed to replace the window channel guide on my '89 Cadillac DeVille because the original broke. Now I can't get the new window channel guide to snap on to the front of the window.  It's as though the window is too thick for it even though it is not, and this window channel guide is specific for my car, model...  Is there something in particular I need to use to get it to snap closed?  I can't get it to close no matter how hard I try to squeeze it together.  Thank you for your time. I appreciate any ideas you might have.

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Hello,

It has been years since I used the tool for this. Snap on used to sell them. The tool is similar to a ppliars but had 2 ends that were circular that squeezed the tit into the hole through the glass. Trying to do it any other way will just break the guide.

Go to the local auto glass store. They can install in seconds and I doubt if you would get charged.


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Alarm system questions cannot be answered on this forum. These systems are not what I can answer. Without being physically at the vehicle and not knowing what kind of electrical service has been done on the vehicle, there is no possible way to give an accurate answer over the internet. My expertise is in Ignition/key based anti-theft systems. These issues include GM VATS (resistor chip in key blade) PASSLOCK (MRD)-ignition lock rotation based, no special ignition key and the PKIII Transponder (computer chip in key) systems. These systems are not alarm based and are integral with the starting of the engine. This is why I cannot diagnose alarm problems without physically looking at the vehicle: Alarm systems are a completely different annimal than ignition key/lock based anti-theft system. Many alarm questions come from vehicles 10 years old, and since older, many hands that had been involved over the years.I am an expert in all GM factory (ignition/key based)systems. Alarm system questions pose to many situations beyond my knowledge as to what has been done to the vehicle over the years. Some guy may have actually wired the stereo into the alarm system. Who knows? Over my past 30 years in vehicle wiring repair, I have seen unbelievable wiring disaters done by guys that consider themselves "mechanics." I have seen stereos and alarms intalled using surgical tape. I have seen modules burn up, un-fused circuits, wiring jambed between the doors and even lamp cord used for a starter kill. To answer alarm questions over the internet without examining the vehicle is like asking; What does it take to remove a dent?

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Education/Credentials-ASE certified. 11 years with a GM dealer and 17 years with a repair facility dealing with only the repair of theft recovered vehicles.

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