Some projects while around Conroe - Situation 4 + 4A - wiper blades causing additional fix

Continuing with our fixes in Conroe...

Situation 4: We had ordered wiper blades for Gracie (she needs 32"), and wanted to get new wiper blades for the Jeep too and found them on special at Costco. So, on Wednesday, we set about to replace the wiper blades...

Carl had already replaced one of Gracie's wiper blades and had the second one off before I got a picture!

Replacing the second blade

Checking to be sure that it sits correctly on the windshield. (Jane and Jim -- if you're reading this, do you see the "Trust God" sign that you gave me displayed in the front window?!?!)

Carl showed me the condition of the wiper blades - not only were they split....

... but we were concerned that the metal may scrape the windshield if we tried to use it.

Next, to the Jeep... the design of the blade is different, but maybe it will be okay. We got the driver side blade installed...

... but unfortunately, when Carl got the old blade off, before he could put the new blade on, the arm slipped out of his hand and cracked the windshield! Oh no!

Side note: it is frustrating when you're trying to be a good steward and do tasks yourself instead of taking the car to TracAuto or wherever that you add work to your list... :-(

This leads us to Situation 4A, filling the crack in the windshield... 

We had a windshield repair kit in Gracie as there was already another chip we had wanted to fill...

... so Carl worked on the new crack...

... and also filled the other chip in the windshield.

View from the inside of the older chip getting filled.

We had to move the Jeep to a shady spot to do the filling. Hopefully this will keep the cracks from growing...