Since I got this Dart march of 08 the windshield has been leaking at the fires hint of moisture. It quickly flows from outside around edge of the glass to inside causing flooding of dash. Sometime ago I had posted questions about differences between 67, and 68-9 ragtop windshield gaskets and related clips. For those wondering 67 used a one year only plastic trim with independent corners that all sort of pressed into the gasket and 67 clips, where 68-9 uses a gasket with a lock bead in all four sides, and a stainless steel/ plastic aftermarket lower trim strip that clips in to cover lower gasket. Any of you that have had to replace that 68-9 lower trim find it to be rather expensive, and hard to find.
My car had a lot of body work done to it in the early nineties, and a new windshield & gasket installed. I suspect the lower trim was more difficult to source than now. At the time the gasket was changed to a 68-9 stile so that is a big plus over the dreaded 67 only mess of a gasket & trim system.
The other day I finally decided to locate a glass company willing to reseal an A Body windshield, apparently these cars have a nasty reputation for poorly performing windshield gasket sealing as most outfits wouldnt even look at it never mind performing the work.
Portland Glass not only gave me a price, but happily did the work. They removed the lower trim, pulled the locking strip from its channel, cleaned the glass to gasket surface, and applied a 3M bedding product that stays supple. So far there have been no leaks, so I reapplied the non-conventional trim today.
After cleaning booth surfaces of old adheasive, new double sided stick 3M trim advasive was applied to the trim, and 5/8th inch trim installed to lower gasket.
After cleaning windshield gasket:
5/8th inch (self-stick) plastic wheel well trim:
Old plastic trim is back in place. I would have purchased new material, but did not need thirty feet of the stuff at over a buck a foot My thoughts were at some time I will replace the windshield, gasket & trim with new, so this chepo repair will do for now:
My car had a lot of body work done to it in the early nineties, and a new windshield & gasket installed. I suspect the lower trim was more difficult to source than now. At the time the gasket was changed to a 68-9 stile so that is a big plus over the dreaded 67 only mess of a gasket & trim system.
The other day I finally decided to locate a glass company willing to reseal an A Body windshield, apparently these cars have a nasty reputation for poorly performing windshield gasket sealing as most outfits wouldnt even look at it never mind performing the work.
Portland Glass not only gave me a price, but happily did the work. They removed the lower trim, pulled the locking strip from its channel, cleaned the glass to gasket surface, and applied a 3M bedding product that stays supple. So far there have been no leaks, so I reapplied the non-conventional trim today.
After cleaning booth surfaces of old adheasive, new double sided stick 3M trim advasive was applied to the trim, and 5/8th inch trim installed to lower gasket.
After cleaning windshield gasket:
5/8th inch (self-stick) plastic wheel well trim:
Old plastic trim is back in place. I would have purchased new material, but did not need thirty feet of the stuff at over a buck a foot My thoughts were at some time I will replace the windshield, gasket & trim with new, so this chepo repair will do for now:
