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Round Rock, TX - Ausco Air Heating & Air Conditioning, an HVAC installation repair and maintenance company that just celebrated 23 years in operation has just reviewed its service prices to offer affordability. This move comes a few weeks after the company reported an increase in the number of clients it serves and an increase in HVAC systems brands. The review in prices comes in the form of discounts and specials that clients can access from the businesss website. Besides these specials, the business reduced prices of all services across the board.

As Ausco celebrates 23 years in operation, the successes that we, as a company has had can only be credited to our clients, said Randy Cahill, an HVAC systems expert and the founder of Ausco. Granted, as a way of the company giving back to its clients, a review of service prices has been implemented enabling clients to get the same high-quality services for less. Besides a review of service prices, the company plans on expanding services to cover more areas; this has been informed by the increasing requests from clients in the areas surrounding Central Texas.

Ausco has always offered affordable services to its clients, a factor that has enabled it to widen its customer base and reach out to more clients. Following the review, the company introduced a horde of discounts on specific services and specials, for new as well as repeat clients. To make it easier for clients, the company implements the discounts or specials while offering a quote. This ensures that clients do not have to redeem them while requesting for services.

Having been in business for 23 years, Ausco is a full-service heating and air conditioning service offering AC repair, duct installation and repair, weatherization, furnace repair, thermostats, AC installation and maintenance and home energy analysis. The company started off as a repair company and later expanded to offer more services. It has been on the frontline in offering eco-friendly services and equipment including energy star certified equipment, ozone friendly refrigerators and more.

Following the price reviews, the company has reported an increase in a number of clients enlisting its services. The review has been taken positively seeing that Ausco has received hundreds of positive reviews on consumer review sites and on social media. Residents of Austin, Round Rock, Pflugerville, Georgetown, Leander and Cedar Park are among those enjoying the reduced prices.

Ausco Air Heating & Air Conditioning is located at2541 S Interstate 35 #200-237 in Round Rock, TX (78664).

The company can be contacted via phone at 512-576-6074 or at their websitehttp://www.auscoair.com

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FPL has started work on building a new structure at southwest corner of Delaware Blvd. and Indiantown Road that utility officials say will speed up response time during and after emergencies.

The two-story, 25,000 square foot building will be four times as large as the current one and is designed to withstand a Category 5 hurricane.

Opening is planned for the fall of 2017.

Up to about 100 storm riders will be able to stay at the new building, according to FPL.

The project is part of FPLs overall plan to improve service center buildings and equipment to improve response time for repairs in its 35-county service area. Similar improvements are being made to FPLs service center near Old Boynton Beach Road west of I-95 in Boynton Beach.

Juno Beach-based FPL has invested more than $2 billion since 2006 to build what it calls a stronger, smarter and more storm-resilient energy grid. FPL said it restored more than 1 million customer interruptions less than 48 hours after Hurricane Matthew exited the area.

There will be no gas stored at the new building. After a storm, company fuel trucks will provide gasoline to the trucks there.

Council member Jim Kuretski and Vice Mayor Ilan Kaufer abstained from the vote approving the building. Both are employed by FPL.

Two other projects are under construction and approved for Indiantown Road:

- AutoZone the fifth auto parts store along Indiantown Road is under construction just east of Pennock Lane, across from Zipzs Italian Kitchen.

The single-story, 7,400-square-foot building on the one-acre parcel was approved in May, 2015 by the town council.

Opening is expected in the next several months.

Other auto parts stores along Indiantown Road are Bennett Auto Supply just west of Alternate A1A, Pep Boys near the Walmart, Advance Auto Parts at Center Street and NAPA auto parts at Jupiter Farms Road, in a building that was the former location of Park Avenue BBQ & Grille.

AutoZone, headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., has 4,800 stores in 48 states, according to its website.

- Demolishing the Circle K gasoline convenience/filling station on the south side of Indiantown Road just west of Alternate A1A and build a bigger one with four more gasoline pumps, bringing the total to 16, has been approved by the town.

The 1,000-square-foot building will be replaced by a new one that will be about 4,400 square feet.

Total cost will be about $4 million.

Annies Italian Ice, a longtime local favorite yogurt and ice cream store on the west side of the property, will stay.

Construction is expected to start this year.

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DANVILLE The Danville District 118 school board on Wednesday will consider awarding contracts to two different contractors for roofing projects at Southwest and Liberty elementary schools.

Five contractors had bid on three different packages: the Southwest project, the Liberty project, and a combined bid for both Southwest and Liberty projects.

The districts architect, BLDD Architects of Champaign, has recommended that the board accept separate bids from two different contractors for the Southwest project and the Liberty project, explaining it was more cost effective than a combined bid from one contractor.

The board will consider a bid of $1.1 million from Industrial Services of Illinois in Mattoon for the Southwest project, and a $354,725 bid from Advanced Commercial Roofing of Champaign for the Liberty project.

At the Jan. 18 meeting, the districts Buildings and Grounds Director Skip Truex told the board that the roof at Southwest has lost hundreds of shingles, causing leaks in some of the classrooms. He estimated the cost of a new steel roof at $1 million.

Truex said Liberty School also needed a new roof and some tuck pointing for an estimated cost of $500,000.

The projects will be paid for by leftover money from a $3.4 million federally funded Qualified School Construction Bond (QSAB) the district received to replace windows at Danville High School, along with money the district has set aside for building repairs.

Also on Wednesday, the board will:

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Overlooking the roofing issues can lead to serious problems at a later stage. The minor leaks can cause devastating effects, unless you take the necessary steps to get them repaired.

You must try to check the roof on a monthly basis to identify any small issue that may cause a big problem later on.

Here are some measures to keep in mind.

Avoid Harsh Climatic Conditions

Inspecting the leakage source on your own can be a difficult and a risky task. It becomes all the more tough during the winter season or the monsoon. In fact, when there tends to be snowfall or heavy rain, it may not be a good idea to try to find out any leakage.

At the same time, a temporary fixing solution may not be worth the effort and the time invested. Remember, there is absolutely no such thing as quick-fix, when it comes to roof repairing solutions. You need to take your time and be very patient while carefully handling the task.

Never take the initiative during harsh weather conditions. It may turn into a life-threatening scenario.

Always Take Precautionary Measures

While being on the roof, you need to take the proper precautionary measures. You must wear special gripped rubber sole shoes to prevent accidental skidding or slipping. Never work alone and always include a partner to work with. You must also use a suitable harness to make things smoother.

If possible, you can even consider taking a professional help by hiring Houstons top roofing contractors.

Carefully Spray the Roof

This is a crucial step. Just take a working garden hose when you are on the roof. Now, you need to spray water from the hose and wet the different areas of the roof to identify the source of the leakage. However, you must avoid this process during the winter season. After all, it may not be a great or a safe idea to run water on the roof while it is freezing outside.

Clean Clogged Gutters Regularly

You must see to it that the gutters are well-maintained and are always kept clean. Clogged gutters can cause roof leaks. If your gutter is filled with debris, it can cause the rain water to get stored during the monsoon season.

Roof leakage can also happen because of dry rots. These rots tend to take place primarily due to the lack of ventilation. You cannot purely relate it to any kind of water damage situation.

If there tends to occur a leakage right in the middle of the roof, the reason may well be a deteriorating plywood condition that is supporting the roof. In such situations, the roof tries to sag in, thus, causing the shingles to get somewhat brittle.

This ultimately leads to the cracks, causing the leakage.

To avoid dry rots, you need to install a sort of ridge vent that works, if there happens to be a soffit vent. You need to drill some holes through these vents to let the cool air flow in while allowing the hot air to move out from the top.

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LAKEVIEW What was initially proposed as a modest one-floor addition to the former Herdegen Funeral Home would now involve a second building that reaches five stories tall under new plans proposed this week.

Developers with Spring Bank Six Corners group want to add two floors of condos to the two-story Herdegen Funeral Home, 1356 W. Wellington Ave., adding a contemporary design with limestone and brick elements.

Across the alley at 3015 N. Southport Ave., the project would add a five-story condo building with enclosed parking on the first floor and the top two floors set back from the street.

Neighbors railed against the new plans, voting 33-7 against recommending the zoning change to Ald. Scott Waguespack (33rd). Developers acquiesced, promising to consider tweaks to the contemporary building material, set-back upper levels and street-facing balconies before seeking approval from the alderman.

Baffled by the expansion to what was first proposed in 2015, neighbors asked Tuesday what had changed.

"We were all under the impression we knew what it was going to be, and now you're saying, 'Well, we're not doing that,'" said Amy Rosenwasser, a member of the group's board. "That building has sat there, basically an eyesore, for some time, so why can't you do what you started?"

Developers said the Herdegen lot alone didn't have room for adequate parking. Without building on the Southport Avenue lot, they wouldn't be able to use it as a parking lot, according to project attorney Tyler Manic.

Rendering for 3015 N. Southport Ave. [Provided/South Lakeview Neighbors]

An aerial view of the site, with the Herdegen Funeral Home in blue and the lot at 3015 N. Southport Ave. in red, across from St. Alphonsus Church at Southport, Lincoln and Wellington. [Provided/South Lakeview Neighbors]

Some said they saw the changes as a money grab, but developers said it was important to build something that fit in with the neighborhood.

"We're in it to make money, but we're also trying to do something special," said David Trandel, founder ofSpring Bank Six Corners.

Trandel touted his successes redeveloping historic buildings that became the JW Marriott and the Residence Inn Downtown, both of which he worked on as an executive with the Chicago-based Prime Group Inc.

"We have a history at Spring Bank of really [looking at] how do we do something integral to the community with adaptive reuses of what are generally very important buildings," Trandel said. "We have this commitment to finding a repurposing for a great structure."

The project would offer eight condos in the Southport building and another seven above the funeral home, which is on the northeast corner of Southport, Lincoln and Wellington.

The Herdegen building would have retail on its first two floors, with developers expecting to lease space to a mattress retailer, a pizza restaurant and a daycare center with an enclosed playground on the second floor.

Renderings show the elevation of the two buildings at 3015 N. Southport Ave. (left) and 1356 W. Wellington Ave., formerly the Herdegen Funeral Home. [Provided/South Lakeview Neighbors]

It would also have five parking spaces, plus 10 enclosed parking spaces and five covered spaces on the first floor of the Southport building.

Condos would have around 16,500 square feet of space on Southport, mostly likely as three-bedroom units with two bathrooms. Units above the Herdegen building will be between 1,049 and 1,633 square feet each, with either two or three bedrooms.

Renderings show floor plans for the former Herdegen Funeral Home and the two floors of condominiums above it. [Provided/South Lakeview Neighbors]

Designs for 3015 N. Southport Ave. [Provided/South Lakeview Neighbors]

Glass railings, brick facades and limestone that plays off the Herdegen's terra cotta features "really tie the two buildings together," said Mark Kluemper, senior project manager for OKW Architects.

"It's a building that blends into the neighborhood, respects the existing architecture and is appropriately scaled to be a good neighbor," Kluemper said, adding that city and federal guidelines recommend contemporary additions to classic or historic architecture.

Samples of the materials OKW Architects recommends for the two-building complex planned for the former Herdegen Funeral Home. [Provided/South Lakeview Neighbors]

Architects designed an weaved pattern of bricks with ivy to hide the first-floor garage at 3015 N. Southport Ave. [Provided/South Lakeview Neighbors]

"Matching or copying is discouraged by most historic standards," he said. "It's meant to be a contrast."

Several neighbors, including Heritage Bicycles owner Mike Salvatore, said they appreciated development along the struggling Lincoln Avenue and hoped more residents would sustain the businesses on the deteriorating street.

"From the retail side, we suffer from a lack of density," Salvatore said. "As a group here, it's hard to keep rejecting density and thinking Lincoln Avenue is going to change."

Developers need a zoning change on the two lots to build an extra four feet above the 50-foot maximum height currently allowed and to build bigger condos.

Developers said they remained undecided on whether to include affordable housing units in the buildings or opt for the $100,000 payment required per unit into a city affordable housing fund. Chicago requires at least 10 percent of projects with more than 10 units be sold as affordable housing.

When the Herdegen property was sold in late 2014, one of the seller's requirements was to keep the funeral home building intact. Built in the 1930s, the late Gothic building has potentially significant architecture, although it is not a historic landmark, city records show.

Designed by Olsen & Urbain, its terra cotta features and red brick masonry is matched by another Chicago structure from the duo of architects: The Tremont Hotel in Gold Coast.

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Enhancements to Quail Wests Preserve golf course have been completed and the course is open for play.(Photo: Picasa)

Stock Developments Quail West community in North Naples is introducing returning residents, club membersand luxury homebuyers to an array of completed amenity enhancements that have further solidified the Quail West Golf & Country Clubs standing as one of Southwest Floridas most preferred club experiences.Budgeted at approximately $30 million, the two-phase member approved and financed enhancement initiative is designed to meet the needs of Quail Wests growing membership and the changing lifestyle characteristics of the communitys members.

The renovation initiative is making Quail Wests 70,000-square-foot clubhouse an even more highly preferred destination while providing residents and members an experience that offers the finest in high-end amenities and services without leavingthe community, including formal and casual dining, a glass enclosed, heated swimming pool, fitness, wellness, golf, tennis, and salon and spa services.

The renovation design is focused on providing an integrated club experience in a single location.The renovation of the clubhouse complex will feature a new 12,000-square-foot dedicated fitness and wellness building; enlarged and redesigned pre-function spaces to enhance the members experience during events; a major enhancement to the casual dining facilities and outdoor dining areas; an Internet Caf with grab and go service; and a complete renovation of the kitchens to improve food preparation and service in all dining venues in the Club.

Renovation of the upstairs banquet kitchen has been completed.Thekitchen renovations are primary aspects of the upgraded clubhouse facility.The fine dining experience has been enhanced by the completion of expanded pre-function space overlooking the indoor glass enclosed pool with a completely new lighted bar with a contemporary glass wall that is reminiscent of restaurants on FifthAvenue South in downtown Naples.The design of the new pre-function space is centered on the undulating shape of the bar and the glass wall that contain moving water and mood lighting.A double-sided fireplace warms the room and allows seating venues for casual conversation in both the pre-function room and the adjacent club room.

The expansion of the second-floor kitchen has enhanced service to both the Mahogany Room formal dining room and to events including 300 to 350 people in the adjacent ballroom.

Work on the redesign of the main lobby entrance has also been completed.Exquisite furnishings are framed by a new fire and water feature in the lobby that creates a memorable impression on members and guests as they enter the Quail West venue.New furnishings and area rugs provide comfort and a consistent look for the lobby and hallway leading to the ballroom.

The two-story dedicated fitness and wellness center building, being built by Gates Construction, will be completed this spring.Gates is also completing associated site improvements to expand parking at the clubhouse complex and redoing four of the Clubs eight tennis courts with new hydro court surfaces and LED lighting.The new fitness and wellness center will promote exercise and wellness classes for membersand will feature dedicated areas for Pilates and spin classes, cardio and weight rooms, and TRX personal training technology.Live and video workouts will be available throughout the year.A glass-enclosed lobby reminiscent of a fine luxury hotel will provide a bright note of welcome to members and their guests.The new fitness and wellness center will connect to the existing glass-enclosed indoor heated pool and to the clubhouse.

The design of the improved clubhouse spaces has been a cooperative effort of Humphrey Rosal Architects, the clubs membership, and Clive Daniel Home.Their design concept is intended to enhance the clubs high-end finishes while incorporating new design elements consistent with the new building additions. The upper floor of the clubhouse has remained more formal with a transitional feel. Phase II renovations are scheduled to commence in summerand will transform the lower floor of the clubhouse.The redesigned lower floor will provide more casual spaces that tie in the traditional elements of the club with a more relaxed casual atmosphere presented by the lower floors corridor that will integrate golf, fitness, tennis, the salon and spa, and casual dining.

As part of the renovation initiative, Quail West is investing approximately $12 million to enhance the playability of its Preserve and Lakes championship golf courses that were designed by Arthur Hills more than two decades ago.The renovations are addressing enhancements to the irrigation systems, green complexes, the adjacent bunker, fringeand grass areas, and fairways.New irrigation technologies are being introduced to embrace best water conservation practices and reduce overall operating costs.The renovation also includes improvements to the golf practice area that is being enlarged.

Renovations to the Preserve Course have been completed and the course reopened in December.Enhancements to the Lakes Course are expected to begin this spring with completion anticipated January2018.Phase II of the initiative to be undertaken and completed next year will include a new golf pro shop that will offer a wider array of golf equipment and apparel selections.

The golf course enhancements are being overseen by J. Drew Rogers, a member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects who is highly regarded for his ability to undertake golf course renovation projects.Rogers is familiar with Quail Wests golf courses, having worked directly with Arthur Hills to design two nine-hole layouts that would later comprise the Lakes Course. The Preserve plays to 6,841 yards from the back tees and takes the golfer on a meandering journey through woodland areas. The flags are equipped for laser link distance measurements.

The 7,041-yard Lakes Course offers wide-open vistas across a system of lakes.The fairways and rough are Tiffworth 419 Bermuda grass and the greens are a Champions Bermuda strand.The layout is fairly open and has a links quality to it, although there are numerous water hazards and marsh areas to negotiate.The flags on the Lakes Course are also equipped for laser link distance measurements.

Quail West is east of Interstate 75, one mile south of Bonita Beach Road.Take Exit 116 (Bonita Beach Road) east, turn right on Bonita Grande Driveto Quail Wests main entrance. Visit http://www.QuailWest.com.

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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Owner Arte Moreno is committed to long-term improvements to both the Los Angeles Angels roster and their venerable stadium.

The Angels will remain in Angel Stadium until at least 2029, Moreno said Saturday after their entire roster reported to Arizona for the first full workout of spring.

Moreno also believes the Angels will soon be in better financial shape to pursue baseballs top players this year and beyond, boosting their chances of building a winner around two-time AL MVP Mike Trout.

The Angels could opt out of their lease at their city-owned ballpark in 2019, and they have examined opportunities to build a new stadium nearby. Instead, Moreno confirmed the Angels will stay in the majors fourth-oldest park for at least the next 13 seasons while making yearly additions to an estimated $40 million in improvements during his ownership, which began in 2003.

Its going to take some time to get ourselves prepared to see which direction were going to go, Moreno said of the possibility of building a new ballpark. We have flexibility, but acquiring land and getting a proper partner and getting prepared in California is a three-, four-year process.

After 2029, the Angels have three three-year lease options to stay in the stadium through 2038.

Angel Stadium opened in 1966 as Anaheim Stadium, built on acres of former orange groves as the home for the Los Angeles areas AL expansion team. Only Dodger Stadium (1962), Wrigley Field (1914) and Fenway Park (1912) are older.

Angel Stadium hardly shows its age in most areas, however. In the Angels latest round of yearly improvements this winter, they installed new lights, improved the visitors clubhouse, added new concourse lighting and upgraded the suites.

So thats probably a good sign, said Moreno, who made his fortune in outdoor advertising. If we were leaving, we wouldnt be spending a million and a half bucks to put new lights up.

Speaking of fan-enticing improvements, Moreno and general manager Billy Eppler also made several additions to the roster that finished last season at 74-88, its worst record during Morenos tenure. Moreno also believes the Halos will be more competitive simply through improved health after injuries to their pitching staff scuttled last season, but he also likes Epplers veteran additions.

We will have a couple new left fielders (Cameron Maybin and Ben Revere) and a second baseman (Danny Espinosa) and a new catcher (Martin Maldonado) and (starting pitcher) Jesse Chavez, Moreno said.

The Angels havent won a postseason game since 2009, and theyve made just one playoff appearance during the concurrent Angels careers of Trout and Albert Pujols. Moreno has the expected spring optimism for a team that couldnt catch an injury break last season.

Moreno said Epplers refurbishment of the Angels barren minor-league system is their top priority, but the owner also looks forward to getting past the budgetary constraints caused by his lavish contracts for Pujols and Josh Hamilton, among others. Moreno made several bold splashes earlier in this decade, but didnt land any big-ticket free agents for the past few years while those hefty contracts constricted their payroll.

C.J. Wilson made $20 million last season and didnt throw a pitch, while Hamilton is making more than $26.8 million of Morenos money not to play for the Angels this year. Wilson is gone, and Hamilton is finally off the Angels books this fall.

We really looked hard at `16 and 17, and felt we would start to open up more economic flexibility in `17, `18-plus, Moreno said.

The Angels also have more immediate economic flexibility to fill injury holes in 2017 than they did last year, when they struggled to replace three key starting pitchers lost to season-ending elbow ligament injuries.

If our people feel its a player who fits, thats what were going to do, Moreno said. Were going to try to win. We will look at whats on the market this year, and what may help us in the short term, and obviously how were playing.

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Since weve completed most of the serious mechanical work on Scarlett, our 1972 Corvette coupe project car, its time to turn to the body and interior as we get ready to put the body back on our mostly assembled Street Shop, Inc. chassis. This means prioritizing things that have to be done in a specific order or cannot be done at all, such as replacing the back glass. Although we will be able to unlatch the rear window (thanks to our shortened guide wedges), once the body is back on, the rollbar will trap the window inside the rear storage compartment. Since the rear window will no longer come out of the cars interior, any window work is now or never.

Although there was nothing drastically wrong with the back glass, both the window (all the windows, really) and the soft aluminum frame did have the scratches expected of a car thats over 40 years old. While perfectly acceptable on a car thatll be driven, as deep as weve gotten into Scarlett, were well past the point of reinstalling things we know arent flawless. Not to mention we wanted all the windows tinted. We were unsuccessful at convincing glass supply house Auto City Classic to produce a set of windows in their grey smoked tint available on other models so we ordered all the glass in the only available color, which is the original green tint.

Windshield installation was left to the pros. The door glass, however, we already had out when we installed the Corvette Central electric window conversion (Get Down, Mar. 16). This time, after having the new windows tinted we went ahead and installed all new components on the glass as well as degreasing and refurbishing the tracks in which the various rollers move. Since the windows never sealed well, in addition to rattling whenever the door was closed or even opened briskly, we replaced the door seals and cushions while we were at it. As the photos show, both are relatively straightforward. The sole exception is the rear mounting screw on the window seal, which may require the removal of a piece of weatherstripping to access.

The rear glass is where it gets fun. There are two parts to it: removing/replacing the glass and refurbishing the window frame itself. Both proved to be far more involved than we expected.

The top and bottom halves of the frame are connected at the bottom corners of the frame by a screw and a roll pin on either corner. In addition to these two screws, four more hold the guide wedges, which locate the bottom of the window for installation. All six must be removed to refurbish the frame. While roll pins are often troublesome, they came out easily this time, leaving the screws as the problem children. Even after soaking in penetrating oil, four of the six were frozen in place. We had to first drill the heads out to disassemble the frame then drill out the remaining screw shank and threads.

Since we were drilling a hard (steel) screw in a soft (aluminum) frame, we carefully clamped the frame in the mill to minimize movement and the attendant risk of the bit wandering around the screw rather than cutting into it. With that done, we bead-blasted the frame and Tray Walden TIG welded the holes back up. Although we had scribed a line on either side of the guide wedges so we could locate the holes again after welding, those marks did not survive welding and we instead had to locate and re-drill the holes using the remnants of the original holes still visible inside the window channel.

After welding, we dressed the aluminum frame back down to the factory contours, first using a hand grinder and then using a fine pillar file sourced from gunsmith supply house Brownells, backing the file with sandpaper for finish work. While sandpaper is usually an excellent way to round off edges that are supposed to be sharp, backing it with a file (akin to blocking a car) gives it a flat abrasive surface. With that prep work done, the frame will go off to be stripped of its anodizing and get polished and replated before final assembly.

Installing the glass back into the refurbished frame requires the use of window setting tape, which is unfortunately usually only available by the roll. We now have 50 feet of 1/32-inch tape and expect to have plenty left over. Although final glass installation will have to wait until the frame is replated, we partially test-fit the glass in the lower frame and it is a tight, tight fit. Take your sweet time: the rear window glass is frighteningly thin and if it breaks while youre pushing on it you have an excellent chance of getting a bad cut.

01. Once you get the glass out, this is what you have to look forward to: lots of sludge and old grease. We replaced all of the moving parts, including the roller/slider assembly in the channel, and refurbished the tracks, which will need to be heavily regreased prior to reassembly.

02. If youre reusing the old glass, these are what have to come off: (L-R) the lift channel bushing and nut, roller bearing and bushing. Most of these parts are included in the rebuild kit supplied by Corvette Central with the exception of new rubber washers and the round nuts, which can either be reused or ordered separately.

03. Youll also want the removal tool shown here that fits into the two holes located on the round nut. While it is possible to remove the nut without it, the tool will make it much easier and is $15 well spent.

04. The two-piece bushing in the front of the glass snaps easily into place. Replace the front roller, slip the roller and slider assembly into its channel and the glass is ready to go back in.

05. While the glass was out, we also updated the door seals to avoid leaks. The seal is held in place with two easy-to-access screws (three in our case) located under the lip of the seal.

06. Once the screws are out, gently pull the seal away from the door. The locking tabs should simply pop out. If a tab or two stays put, like this one, its easy enough to lever it out.

07. We replaced the window seals with a new set of outer window seals from Corvette Central (left) shown here with the one we removed (right). Note the difference in the shape and texture of the seal: the Corvette Central version is a reproduction of the original with correct material, beading and bends.

08. There are two anti-rattle cushions per door: one front, one rear. To replace the cushions without redoing the entire window, it will save time to mark the original mounting location for the cushions before removing the bolt. Youll want to hang on tightly during removal; otherwise, youll be trying to fish the cushion out from the bottom of the door.

09-10. The back glass is the fun part. The top and bottom frame halves are held together at each corner with a screw and a steel roll pin, which is the rust-red dot you see. If you intend to have the frame stripped and re-anodized youll have to remove the screws that hold the guide wedges in place. Note that the guide wedges have been shortened to allow the window to be removed in the tight confines created by the rollbar, even though it wont be able to come out of the rear storage area.

11. Although one of the corner screws turned out easily, the other was frozen in place. Even after letting it sit with penetrating oil we had no choice but to drill the head out so the frame could be disassembled.

12. With the two corner screws removed, we used a pin punch to drift out the two roll pins at each corner. There are special punches for roll pins that ensure you dont spread the pin out, locking it in place, but these two pins moved easily without the need for special tools.

13. After carefully removing the glass, use a thin screwdriver or other tool to clean the old window setting tape from the channel in the window frame.

14. Like the one stubborn corner screw, three of the four guide wedge mounting screws were frozen in place and snapped off during removal attempts.

15. Since the aluminum frame was being sent off to be re-anodized and absolutely no steel parts can be submerged in the anodizing solution, we clamped the frame in the mill to drill out the broken screws and ensure all the steel fragments were removed.

16. Tray Walden carefully TIG welded up the drilled-out holes so they could be redrilled and tapped.

17. After welding, Tray ground down the surface of the frame and then did the finish work with a pillar file sourced from gunsmith supply house Brownells, using sandpaper wrapped around the file for the final smoothing.

18. The screws that hold the guide wedges in place in the lower frame are 6-32. We couldnt locate the tap and matching #36 drill bit at three local auto parts stores but found them easily at a hardware store.

19. Once the window setting tape is folded over the glass, carefully push the glass into the channel in the window frame. The rear window glass is frighteningly thin so take your sweet time. This shot is a mockup for illustration purposes: for the actual installation, well use a lubricant such as soap to get it in easier.

20. Once the glass has been completely seated in the channel and the frame is fully reassembled, carefully trim the exposed tape. A razor knife with an adjustable blade is helpful as you can limit the blade depth to just enough to score and peel the tape without scratching the glass.

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