Re: Leaking Windshields

[Toby Erkson <Toby_Erkson@ccm2.hf.intel.com>]

Back when I had my stock rubber (20 years old at the time) I had the same 
problem.  I used clear RTV inside & out and the problem stopped.  I used a 
narrow tip pushed between the glass and the seal to apply the RTV.  Any 
that leaked out you can just fillet with your finger and you'll never know 
it's there.

I do know that if you use a stock, chrome-trimmed seal and you remove the 
trim the seal won't be quite as tight as it used to be.

     Toby Erkson
     air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
     '72 VW Squareback 1.6L modified to 2.0L
     '75 Porsche 914 stock 1.8L


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Subject: Leaking Windshields
Author:  type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE
Date:    1/16/97 7:14 AM


I just installed a new wheildshield gasket this weekend (just in time
for rain and snow yesterday) and it is leaking down in the
lower left corner.  I sat in the car for awhile and with some paper
towels deterimined that it is wicking in around the glass.  In other
words water is running down the front side of the glass, entering
between the rubber and glass, making a U turn and spilling out
on the inside of the car at the rubber/glass interface.  I am positive
that the gasket is not leaking at the frame/gasket interface.

1)  I was wondering if other people have had this problem with new gaskets?
2)  If so, did they just RTV it?
3)  Have I done something wrong?

Thanks in advance, Craig.
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Craig Woolston
'70 Sqback and '71 Fastback
cwoolsto@ladc.lockheed.com