[DeTomaso] Windshield Install

[JJD1010 at aol.com]

I just learned that the tech info manual does specify using a sealant  but 
I'd be curious to know what you have to do to seal it. I just can't  imagine 
how you could do it when installing the window if you're using anything  to 
lube the gasket when you're putting it in. If it's the flap, you could seal 
 it after the window is in using the painters rope trick.
 
The glue that windshield guys use is very strong and pretty hard to cut. I  
wonder what it would take to get the windshield out once it's been sealed  
in?
 
Jeff - always willing to learn %^))
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In a message dated 4/26/2010 8:11:43 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
MikeLDrew at aol.com writes:

Did the  professional use sealant?   I certainly hope he did!!!

FWIW I  was in Seattle a few weeks ago and they were telling me about a 
club 
drive  they went on, when they got caught in a downpour.   All but one  
Panteras had leaking windshields.   Several suffered flooded  gloveboxes 
(and one 
had a camera that was destroyed in the glovebox), and  one car suffered a 
shorted-out fusebox and died on the side of the  road.

The one car that was water tight, I BELIEVE, had the windshield  properly 
sealed with windshield sealant.

Seattle guys--please  correct any inaccuracies in my recollection of the 
story you told.  :>)