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    4/20/2020 4:38 PM  #1

    tommy2x4
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    Windshield gasket sealer- when and if to apply

    When installing the front and window gaskets, should sealant be applied on the frame before installation and/or under the gasket between the glass and the gasket?

     

    4/20/2020 5:40 PM  #2

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    Re: Windshield gasket sealer- when and if to apply

    Yes

     

    4/20/2020 6:54 PM  #3

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    Re: Windshield gasket sealer- when and if to apply

    If you have time, go to Virginia Classic Mustang blog.
    There is an excellent video on windshield installation.
    Its posted by the guy that does all their restoration work.

    cman 66

     

     

    4/20/2020 7:49 PM  #4

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    Re: Windshield gasket sealer- when and if to apply

    Mustangs to Fear has YouTube videos that show the entire process in detail. They have a video for 65-66 and another video for 69-70.

     

    4/21/2020 5:18 AM  #5

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    Re: Windshield gasket sealer- when and if to apply

    Its hard to seal them without making a mess, so be ready for some cleanup.  I did mine almost 25 years ago by myself (including the fatback rear glass), and the trick I learned was to use a piece of weedwacker cord inside the channel for the glass.  Install the gasket to the body, then, with the cord inside the glass channel, use the cord to roll the gasket over the edge of the glass.  Worked like a charm, and no leaks. 

     

    4/21/2020 7:29 AM  #6

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    Re: Windshield gasket sealer- when and if to apply

    TKOPerformance wrote:

    Its hard to seal them without making a mess, so be ready for some cleanup.  I did mine almost 25 years ago by myself (including the fatback rear glass), and the trick I learned was to use a piece of weedwacker cord inside the channel for the glass.  Install the gasket to the body, then, with the cord inside the glass channel, use the cord to roll the gasket over the edge of the glass.  Worked like a charm, and no leaks. 

    Huh?  I'm having trouble trying to visualize how you managed to keep the cord in the window channel to pull it over the glass.  This process is just bass-akwards from how I have seen it done and done it myself four or five times on VW's and Mustangs. 

    "you get what you pay for, good work isn't cheap, and there are NO free lunches...PERIOD!"
     

    4/21/2020 8:15 AM  #7

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    Re: Windshield gasket sealer- when and if to apply

    Yeah, glass in the gasket, cord in the gasket channel that sits in the windshield pinchweld...,

    Looks like another bong water change change is in order...

     

    4/21/2020 9:21 AM  #8

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    Re: Windshield gasket sealer- when and if to apply

    Bullet Bob wrote:

    TKOPerformance wrote:

    Its hard to seal them without making a mess, so be ready for some cleanup.  I did mine almost 25 years ago by myself (including the fatback rear glass), and the trick I learned was to use a piece of weedwacker cord inside the channel for the glass.  Install the gasket to the body, then, with the cord inside the glass channel, use the cord to roll the gasket over the edge of the glass.  Worked like a charm, and no leaks. 

    Huh?  I'm having trouble trying to visualize how you managed to keep the cord in the window channel to pull it over the glass.  This process is just bass-akwards from how I have seen it done and done it myself four or five times on VW's and Mustangs. 

    Bob, view the Mustangs to Fear YouTube video, is shows all, even how to slap the windshield into place with the flat of your hand.
     

     

    4/21/2020 9:35 AM  #9

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    Re: Windshield gasket sealer- when and if to apply

    Hornman wrote:

    Bullet Bob wrote:

    TKOPerformance wrote:

    Its hard to seal them without making a mess, so be ready for some cleanup.  I did mine almost 25 years ago by myself (including the fatback rear glass), and the trick I learned was to use a piece of weedwacker cord inside the channel for the glass.  Install the gasket to the body, then, with the cord inside the glass channel, use the cord to roll the gasket over the edge of the glass.  Worked like a charm, and no leaks. 

    Huh?  I'm having trouble trying to visualize how you managed to keep the cord in the window channel to pull it over the glass.  This process is just bass-akwards from how I have seen it done and done it myself four or five times on VW's and Mustangs. 

    Bob, view the Mustangs to Fear YouTube video, is shows all, even how to slap the windshield into place with the flat of your hand.
     

    I will check that out, Ron.  Just can't visualize how the cord will stay in the window channel...the open side of the channel is to the inside of the "circle".   Gotta see that one but it sure sounds like a simpler way to go.

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    4/21/2020 10:04 AM  #10

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    Re: Windshield gasket sealer- when and if to apply

    Okay...checked out three different install videos and have yet to see anyone install the gasket to the body and then pull the cord to set the glass in the gasket.  Sorry...I know I'm dumb butt (TS&T) I'm willing to try to learn.

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    4/21/2020 10:26 AM  #11

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    Re: Windshield gasket sealer- when and if to apply

    Don't think pulling the glass into the gasket with the gasket on the pinchweld is correct.  I think the gasket has to be on the glass and then pull the gasket onto the pichweld is the way to go.

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    4/21/2020 10:57 AM  #12

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    Re: Windshield gasket sealer- when and if to apply

    Sounds like a big pain in the A$$.
    Years  ago I went to Speedy Auto Glass, 150 bucks for a new PPG windshield, installed. The p/o had weld spatter all over the inside of it.

    Good work ain't cheap, Cheap work ain't good!   Simple Man
     

    4/21/2020 11:18 AM  #13

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    Re: Windshield gasket sealer- when and if to apply

    The Virginia Classic photos are excellent and just what I needed. Thank you for all the info. 

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    4/21/2020 12:17 PM  #14

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    Re: Windshield gasket sealer- when and if to apply

    Bullet Bob wrote:

    Okay...checked out three different install videos and have yet to see anyone install the gasket to the body and then pull the cord to set the glass in the gasket.  Sorry...I know I'm dumb butt (TS&T) I'm willing to try to learn.

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    My mistake, I misread TKO’s post assuming the “install the gasket on the glass first” technique. Roping the gasket/windshield to the body works well and is the only way I have seen it done. 

    Here is another missed opportunity due to having to cancel the Bash. We could yank the windshield out of someone’s car and TKO could show us his “gasket on the body first” technique. Another learning opportunity missed. Darn you Wuhan!

     

    4/21/2020 3:22 PM  #15

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    Re: Windshield gasket sealer- when and if to apply

    Strike that, reverse it, gasket on the glass first, then suck the whole thing onto the body using the weedwacker cord.  Like I said, its been 25 years.  Thinking back that's definitely how I did it, and the mess was from the sealer being moved around by the cord.  Apologies for creating confusion. 

     

     

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