Windshield Seal Replacement

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dodgedart1968

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I'm going to replace my '68 Dart
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windshield seal. The previous owner made of mess of trying to seal some water leaks. The trim has been removed. I assume replacement is a simple matter of cutting the old seal and prying out the glass, and then installing the new seal and glass using the soapy water and rope method. Correct?

The black mess in the image appears to be Flex-Seal liquid rubber. It doesn't come off easily. Any suggestions as to how to remove it?
 
Looks like it has a lock strip. No rope necessary. Kitty and I put one in in less than 20 minutes. It's VERY easy to do. No "professional" necessary.
 
I bet you are gonna pull the glass and find the seam is rotted gone. That big rusty crack below it is a dead give away.
 
I know Goo-Gone, automotive type only, removes undercoat with ease. Maybe it could work on this?
Spray on, walk away, come back in 24 hrs, scrape off.
 
Well you could not do worse than the "professionals" I paid to install the front/ rear glass in my 74 Val.......................
 
67Dart273 said:
Well you could not do worse than the "professionals" I paid to install the front/ rear glass in my 74 Val.......................
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....and it rained inside almost like it rained outside. I remember that. Did you get it resolved?
 
Hellrats said:
I bet you are gonna pull the glass and find the seam is rotted gone. That big rusty crack below it is a dead give away.
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There may be some rust under there but there isn't a pinch weld/fence along the bottom of front at the cowl like everywhere else has. They cut the cowl like \__/ and bent the metal out to create 3 small segments of fence to locate the gasket. Water into those openings goes into cowl.
 
I use "Grease & Wax Remover" to remove the old sticky butyl... my windshield gasket doesn't have a locking strip, so I roped it in. It's pretty easy but you do need a helper to apply a little pressure from the outside and pat the glass into place.
 
RustyRatRod said:
....and it rained inside almost like it rained outside. I remember that. Did you get it resolved?
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Finally, but the rear ain't pretty. Inside corner looks like it has an "infection". I still have a trickle from the hardtop window seal dribbles down on the damaged door front post seal, and FINALLY was able to identify where that came from
 
Yep, we have to follow the water leak and rust upward. A vinyl top build has a little piece of chrome trim at top of a-pillar post. That screw can leak water down the post. It ends up in carpet along the bottom of kick panel. It might have been fixed if the vinyl top had been replaced when needed. A lot of old vehicles weren't maintained as well as they could have been.
 
RedFish said:
Yep, we have to follow the water leak and rust upward. A vinyl top build has a little piece of chrome trim at top of a-pillar post. That screw can leak water down the post. It ends up in carpet along the bottom of kick panel. It might have been fixed if the vinyl top had been replaced when needed. A lot of old vehicles weren't maintained as well as they could have been.
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Yeh, but also many leaks just "run down under the carpet" and aren't seen---'til it's too late
 
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