[DeTomaso] Windshield Install

[michael frazier]

Correct.  The trim tightens up the gasket when in position but I've run with and without on different cars and had no 

issues over the years.  The windshield won't pop out if you don't have the trim.  The tighter gasket may add a little to water tightness but you should still use sealer.  I put it on both areas of the gasket, where the glass seats and where it seats on

the body...and it can still leak.  There are some interesting angles on the lower corners of the glass if you look carefully. 

Michael Frazier
Gruppo Rompiculi Corsa 



 
> From: julian_kift at hotmail.com
> To: jderyke at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:51:35 -0700
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Windshield Install
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> So the original statement that you put the trim AFTER the windscreen and gasket was a little misleading, your didn't put the trim back in at all! I'd be wary of that solution as the trim adds integrity to keeping the glass in the hole.
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> Julian
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> From: JDeRyke at aol.com
> Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:18:33 -0400
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Windshield Install
> To: julian_kift at hotmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
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> In a message dated 4/27/10 12:20:22 PM, julian_kift at hotmail.com writes:
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> I thought the trim, gasket and screen all had to go in as a complete assembly?
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> Maybe for some, but I couldn't get the gasket with trim and glass to go into the body recess single-handed. The same gasket without trim went in easily with no help. I stepped back & looked at it and decided that a flat-black rubber gasket looked better than a black gasket with blacked-out stainless trim on top of it, was simpler to install, much cheaper & more durable in color. It also made it simpler to pick up the outside flap of the gasket and stick the nozzle of the silicone cartrige under it. I didn't need a needle to get silicone under the naked gasket, and run it all the way around the windshield opening. No leaks since I did this in 1992. FWIW- J Deryke 
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