Windshield sealer

vynn3 said

Thanks, Marland. I'll probably take your advice and try to have the car towed to a glass installer (but I don't have to like it, grrr... :) ). I can totally understand why a shop would prefer to do it in their own environment - that just means I have to have it towed to AND from the shop, since the car isn't inspected. Anyway, I have one more question for you. In my research, I keep seeing references to a "lockstrip". My new gasket doesn't seem to have one, but I think my old gasket may have. Neither your instructions NOR the Mopar Muscle version said anything about it. So what's the story? Do I need one, and if so, how/where is it installed?

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There are basically two types of locking systems for gaskets, one with a rope type rubber cord (separate from the gasket) you have to push in the channel to lock the glass in and two gasket is self locking. You more than likely have the self locking in which it is made in with the gasket. You lock it after you have seated the glass with a special tool (don't have to use the tool but makes life easier). The self locking is what I used on my 67 cuda in which from the factory had a rope type but in which it was chrome instead of black rubber. You should have been offered the locking strip when you ordered the gasket if it is locking strip type gasket. And if is self locking you should be able to look at it and tell.