[FC] Windshield install in Rampside

[Merv Krull]

Two people minimum!
My one piece gasket from Corvair Underground worked just fine.
Use a bit of liquid dishwashing detergent in a spray bottle.... a few drops 
per cup will do the trick

I also used two nylon 'bicycle tire wrenches" to slide along under the lip 
to pull it out... about 5 inch x 1/2 inch x 3/16 inch shaved down to almost 
a point
along with the string too
I couldnt do it without the "tire wrenches"!
toodles
Merv Krull
Salmon Arm, BC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Mikeamauro at aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 8:03 PM
Subject: [FC] Windshield install in Rampside


>
> "...Hello all,
> Well the rampie (61) comes home from paint  tomorrow morning.  First
> order of business will be getting the  windshield and backlight back in 
> it.
> Have a new deluxe gasket from Clarks to  install.  Have all of the 
> stainless
> cleaned up and ready to go.   Read the manual with the string trick, have
> never put a windshield in an  early (rubber gasket).  Any suggestions or
> advice would sure be  appreciated !  Any recomedations on sealant  ?
>
> Thanks
> -Rex-...:
>
> Rex:
>
> The windshield in my wife's Deluxe van has been removed and  reinstalled
> three times... always by reputable glass shops. The first time was  using 
> a
> one-piece gasket from a vendor other than Clark's. The fit of the  first 
> gasket was
> totally unacceptable: the gasket circumference  was WAY too big. Upon 
> calling
> the vendor, I was told the gasket should be  cut; I asked why I would pay 
> for
> a one piece gasket and then cut it... received  no acceptable answer (nor 
> did
> I receive a refund). All in all, a very  unsatisfactory exchange. The 
> second
> and third gaskets have been one piece  versions from Clark's. The fit has 
> been
> better, except the second one from  Clark's presently needs to be removed 
> and
> refit... it seems a little large and  "pouches" out in the upper corners.
>
> Beside myself, can anyone else report on the fit of van, and other 95
> windshield gaskets... did you need to trim the circumference (shorten the 
> gasket)
> to get a good fit?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike Mauro
>
>
>
>
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