'69 windshield gasket...two kinds of sealer?
Hey guys:
I'm taking on the unenviable task of cleaning up a windshield channel again and encountered something I needed to ask about. Below in the first picture is the windshield channel on my '69. I spent well over an hour cleaning out the sealant along (half of) the bottom, where the gasket sort of just sits there. That black stuff is bedding compound, which I assumed and have read numerous times should be around the entire gasket. However, on this car it's only along the bottom and about an inch up the sides.
From there up is a different material you can see in the second picture. This is a gray material that set up hard and is fairly easy to chip off. I have a 1968 Plymouth also that a replaced the gasket and windshield on last year and I thought there was something different between the two regarding the sealant and I remembered what it was: the '68 had that gray stuff around the entire gasket, even on the bottom rail. NO bedding compound anywhere. It had started leaking around the gasket at the bottom, the gold car did not so evidently they changed the process at Hamtramck or the windshield installed used the wrong stuff or more likely ran out of bedding compound.
I know why they use bedding compound, because that stuff seals like glue and is nearly impossible to remove. I ended up heating it until it turned into a thin consistency, spread it out like paint and then removed it with a cloth and solvent. You might notice also that the artisans at Dodge main mislocated or knocked one of the dash bolt clips out of place. Both cars had that issue, but the '68 had one totally missing.
So, what is this gray material exactly? What have you guys found sealing your windshield gasket in? Thanks.
Hey guys:
I'm taking on the unenviable task of cleaning up a windshield channel again and encountered something I needed to ask about. Below in the first picture is the windshield channel on my '69. I spent well over an hour cleaning out the sealant along (half of) the bottom, where the gasket sort of just sits there. That black stuff is bedding compound, which I assumed and have read numerous times should be around the entire gasket. However, on this car it's only along the bottom and about an inch up the sides.
From there up is a different material you can see in the second picture. This is a gray material that set up hard and is fairly easy to chip off. I have a 1968 Plymouth also that a replaced the gasket and windshield on last year and I thought there was something different between the two regarding the sealant and I remembered what it was: the '68 had that gray stuff around the entire gasket, even on the bottom rail. NO bedding compound anywhere. It had started leaking around the gasket at the bottom, the gold car did not so evidently they changed the process at Hamtramck or the windshield installed used the wrong stuff or more likely ran out of bedding compound.
I know why they use bedding compound, because that stuff seals like glue and is nearly impossible to remove. I ended up heating it until it turned into a thin consistency, spread it out like paint and then removed it with a cloth and solvent. You might notice also that the artisans at Dodge main mislocated or knocked one of the dash bolt clips out of place. Both cars had that issue, but the '68 had one totally missing.
So, what is this gray material exactly? What have you guys found sealing your windshield gasket in? Thanks.
