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- Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!Think.COM!shaig
- From: shaig@Think.COM (Shai Guday)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Windshield Replacement
- Date: 6 Nov 1992 18:32:46 GMT
- Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
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- References: <1992Nov4.012915.6163@newstand.syr.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov4.012915.6163@newstand.syr.edu>, ravalent@mothra.syr.EDU (Bob Valentine) writes:
- |>
- |> I just recieved the extreme displeasure of discovering that
- |> some a**hole decided to try his/her baseball bat on the
- |> windshield of my '71 Cutlass.
- |> Happily, I have a extra windshield (used) for the car, and now I
- |> just need to install it. What I need to know is wheater I should
- |> use the "urethane" goo that comes in a caulk-type tube or if
- |> I should use the tar-like strip to mount the windshield.
- |> I've replaced the winshields in '60s Mopars, but they use a
- |> gasket for mounting. I'm in the dark on mine. My glass seems to
- |> be mounted in the tar-like stuff. I'm not concerned with what
- |> was origenally there, but rather which is considered to give a
- |> better seal.
-
- I just had the window of my Ford Escort replaced and they used both!
- The tar strips were run along the frame, the window was seated and
- pressed against the tar. Then RTV was squirted all along the window
- edge, filling the crack between the window and the frame. The moulding
- was placed on top of this and snapped into place.
-
- This should provide for a solid seal, or so I hope.
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