dmopar74
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whats the proper procedure for installing a 73 duster windshield with the locking strip? Gasket on car first or on glass first? 3m 08509 between body/gasket and gasket/glass? Tips or tricks?
Butyl? You don't mean THIS, do you?An old timer told me if an installer doesn't show up with butyl, find another installer.
I think that was what he was referring to. He specifically said "a bucket of butyl"What you need is the NON hardening bedding compound
We had liquid butyl for sealing the rubber to the body. That and bedding-compound were to keep it from leaking. We also used to "rope" rubber-set windshields in the gaskets... into a car. Did lots of them back in the 80's. Butyl ribbons are for setting glass into later cars without gaskets. We still sealed the tops with liquid butyl.Butyl? You don't mean THIS, do you?
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That stuff is for windshields and back lites where NO rubber gasket is used.
What you need is the NON hardening bedding compound. I've seen factory manuals that state to only apply it along the bottom and up each side 12" and I've seen other manuals state that the compound should go all the way around the "fence".
I apply it on the fence/channel, then slide the rubber gasket into place, holding it still with strips of tape. Another in consistency that I have read is where to start with the window. I've read to shove it UP into the upper channel first and work your way down, but I've also read to get the bottom set first and work your way up.