Windshield seal replacement - How to?

[Eric&Barb]

[BarryL]

Many squalls hit this last storm just over. Watertight.

[70bus]

Now that we have rain coming, maybe I should put the 65 on the street to test my windshield efforts.

Major mitigating factor: in last January's storm a 125' fir fell and crushed a friend's Syncro singlecab with hardtop. Might wait until gentler spring for a test.
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Craig K
70 Neunsitzer
65 Pritschenwagen
"If Von Dutch was alive, he'd walk in there with a pistol and shoot these people." - Robert Williams

Raul the 65 singlecab

Karl the 70 nine-seater

[BarryL]

Had two warm days so did some final cleanup of the goo. Warm weather not a prerequisite but it is more fun.

Break flat sticks in half then split them. Use rough end to remove goo. Don't smear-swipe but more of a remove swipe. Replace stick every time.
Coleman fuel cleans leftover followed by alcohol followed by water.

For me I'm going to call this product the goto goop.

[pacrat]

Lots of great information here. Thank you!

I have the the Wolfsburg West seals. I am having trouble getting them installed to the window. I get it started and using my thumb work the seal around the window, but they keep popping out. I replaced them maybe 25 years ago, but don't recall having this problem.

Any words of wisdom or general tips? What am I doing wrong?

[BarryL]

Do you have someone to help you? Do you have the string or fat insulated wire around the groove? Or do you mean putting the rubber on the glass?

[Eric&Barb]

Some folks require using tape to keep section by section of the seal in place on the glass. Once all in place the seal should stay fairly stable on the glass, that is when to remove the tape and install the wire into the outer lip.
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[pacrat]

[pacrat]

[70bus]

I used some WW seals on my baywidow, and they were a bear to get on the glass. I also ended up using yards of blue painter's and some duct tape. I had less trouble with a WCM seal, FWIW.

At least you don't have the added fun of thin metal Deluxe trim in the seal.
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Craig K
70 Neunsitzer
65 Pritschenwagen
"If Von Dutch was alive, he'd walk in there with a pistol and shoot these people." - Robert Williams

Raul the 65 singlecab

Karl the 70 nine-seater

[BarryL]

[pacrat]