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On 13 Oct 2005 at 6:42, Doug Brashear wrote: > Because I really do get a lot of water in the car > (probably bailed a half gallon out of it after last > week's heavy rains and that's without driving it), I > figured I'd check the air box drain tubes. They both > seem to be functioning normally, and a large amount of > water poured directly into the air intake vents > spilled out as expected underneath the car. That certainly seems like a good test, but I'm still surprised at that amount of leakage from a windshield gasket. Have you been able to see where it emerges inside the car? > I called the local Safelite and the woman there > claimed that the windshield is NLA. This is news to > me, so I'll try a few other locations, and then maybe > a different chain. Try Iowa Glass. Russ can tell you exactly where it is. They are a national distributor and I went there about 10 years ago and bought a type 3 windshield. At that time they probably had 30 to 50 of them there. > So, I've replaced many VW window seals before, and > know that with a friend's help I can do it > right...glancing at the dash board it looks like I > have to remove it in order to be able to access the > lower edge of the seal inside the car, correct? Any > advice here would be greatly appreciated. Leave the dash there. The bottom edge of the glass goes in first and comes out last. You really don't need good access there. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~