A little more disassembly

The windshield of the car does have a slight scratch in it due to some severely worn wiper blades.  So - I decided I would work on the trim around the windsheild, the wiper arms, and the cowl behind the hood.  I wondered what I would find under that cown with regards to decay/rust.

So -you read on-line that removing the windsheild trim is a huge pain.  Talking to some friends as well they've echoed this.  So - I followed all the direction that people had and went to the local parts store and bought the special tool for the job.... and ended up only using it as a pry to lift the trim up.  The tabs (one of which shown above) are so tight that I had to use my pick set to get in and pull the tabs loose.  The tool just wouldn't get behind the tabs.

After removing al the trim and exposing the drain behind the hood.  It looks like its in pretty good shape! 

Here's a view of the windshield with all the trim gone and the job done.  Oh - before going on to something different - the wiper arms.  They were on there pretty tight - and prying on them looked like it would probably damage the steel behind the hood.  So - what worked for me was to use a larger vice grip and clamp it just under the wiper arm.  Then - simply pry against the vice grip (versus the steel sheet metal) with a screwdriver on each side of the post.  They popped right off.