I plan to have my car painted soon and need to remove the small windows behind the rear door to get to the rust spots. Any ideas how I can remove the trim without damaging it as well as taking the glass and rubber out? The manuals weren't much help.

Thanks,
Kåre

Hi,
I will be in the same scenario in a few months, and I need to know how to get them out as well. If you find anything after you try some things, please let me know, as I am really interested.
I hope to start major body work on mine in a month and have the paint applied just after January.

Thanks,
Jeremy
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71 142E and a yard full of 240's in Mass.

I also posted this question on the Swedish 140-klubben's message board, and the answer was simpler than I thought. As I write this, I have taken out both windows. Basically, you sit down one the edge of the back seat, put your hand on the inside of the window and start pushing. Probably not something you want to ask your 100 pound wife to do, but... I found it a bit easier if I started pushing on the front vertical side of the window, near the gasket. Use your other hand (fingertips) to help the rubber start lifting off from the sheet metal lip. Once it's started loosing, you can greatly reduce the force and it comes off rather easily. Can't say much (yet) about reinstalling, though.

Kåre
Oh yeah, and be prepared to find some rust at the bottom, under the gasket.

But I'm only 100lbs =(
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I would guess that for safety/security the glass needs to be pushed out from inside the car, else anyone can remove it from outside and steal the car. Also, in an accident the glass would rather pop out than pop in. But this is all just thinking out loud. I've bought a Chiltons manual that covers all model Volvo's up to 1970. It arrived today, and will look tonight at home if there is anything in it on the window. Also will look in my British Autobooks, which you probably do not have in the US (I'm in New Zealand, originally South Africa).

Have fun...

I'd probably deal with this problem by testing out some methods at
a salvage yard. These windows aren't super rare, so I'd probably
take the rubber off of the first 140 I find by smashing the glass and
taking the rubber out that way (so I could, if need be, cut the rubber
on my 140 and use the replacement rubber with my existing glass).

If the glass were more rare, I'd probably still practice but, but
instead of destructive methods I'd work on pulling out the rubber and
glass, but if I mess up the rubber in practice, I can still salvage
the glass and break my existing glass to preserve the existing rubber.

If you don't have a salvage yard nearby with a ready supply of 140s,
I'd try soap to try to work the glass out of the rubber or the rubber
away from the body.
chris

you could probably even try on a 244. Probably got the same seals, etc..
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and the bricks keep on rolling....