[FC] Windshield installation

[Shaun]

I'm at a loss as to your "dilemma". There's simply no problem cutting and
gluing the longer seal to obtain a perfectly fitting leak-free weatherstrip.
Take a good look at a "1-piece" seal, It'll have a seam too.
I think your torture was self inflicted. The glass shop should have known
better too, I would avoid him in the future.
Nothing personal, Shaun

----- Original Message -----
From: <Mikeamauro@aol.com>
To: <corvanatics@corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] Windshield installation


> In a message dated 7/21/03 2:54:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> brierpath@yahoo.com writes:
>
>
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > My Rampside's paint work is nearing completion and it
> > is time to start thinking about glass and
> > weatherstripping. I have heard numerous horror stories
> > about windshield installation and the difficulty in
> > working with the available gaskets. Has this situation
> > changed? I would like to use the chrome trim around
> > the windshield, but will not if the gaskets available
> > now won't allow it.
> > I have a new weatherstrip purchased three or four
> > years ago from out west that is a deluxe style. Should
> > I try to use this or one of the "newer" repros from
> > back east?
> > Thanks for any advice,
> > Bill
> >
>
> Hello Bill....
>
> Just went through the hell you allude to.  I purchased a repro deluxe
gasket
> from other than the East coast vendor.  Took the gasket to a professional
auto
> glass shop.  The glass mechanic called me half way through the
installation:
> "The gasket is to big around (Circumerance-wise)."  The installer
continues
> to struggle with the installation while I call the vendor.  The vendor's
> assistant tells me: "We have been having some trouble with that gasket;
you have to
> cut the gasket length to size."  I question why I would want to pay for a
> one-piece gasket and then cut it.  (Of note....The replacement gasket GM
sold,
> after Vairs were out of production, was a one piece unit that was intended
for a
> larger Chevy truck...The instructions were to "cut to fit".  Makes me
wonder
> if some reproducers are modeling after the larger replacement gasket,
unaware
> that it is too big in circumference.)  The vendor rep offers no real help
or
> explanation.  By the time I call the glass installer back he has been able
to
> force the gasket/winshield assembly back in.  The installer say's it
"might" not
> leak.  Unfortunately, it does leak; it also looks to big for the opening.
> After several attemps- both by the installer and me-to seal the gasket,
and
> after attempting to get the (first) vendor to make good on the
poor-fitting gasket
> (no help received), I purchased another repro gasket from another vendor:
the
> East coast vendor, and pay labor, again, to the glass installer.  This
> gasket, from the second vendor-while not a perfect fit-looks much better
and leaked
> only a little....I was able to seal up using the sealant the second vendor
> sells with a pump applicator that looks like a modified oiler.
>
> I hope this information is helpful.....I wouldn't want anyone else to go
> through the hassles (and double expense) I went through.
>
> Mike Mauro
> 64 Greenbrier Deluxe (and other Vairs)
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