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Here is the first task,
the water was flowing quite freely onto passengers knees
so a new windcreen rubber was sourced to help keep the elephants
out. About fourty notes for the new seal and a good whole
day for two clueless stumbling buffoons. Well, at least
one.. me.
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The old seal gave
up the glass easily with the application of the stanley
knife.
Round the inside
in this case. |
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Use Plenty of washing up liquid and make
sure you are fitting the seal on the glass the right way
out. Some people make that mistake you know and spend hours
grunting away on this huge rubber band that will just not
fit (ahem).
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Smooth off the leftover
edges of old paint, sealers, whatever, to give the
new seal a chance to do it's biz.
In this case the
seal, trim and glass are all assembled off the car
then fitted in the car as a unit leaving just the
final trim finishers to fit.
One sentance - two
hours.
Final fitting is
done with a cord pulled from the seal inside the car,
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That bottle was half full when we started,
but I spill more than I drink.
(Only kidding, it makes you blind then dead
you know)

When you remove the brightwork and seal
from the glass, take care to place it safely on the ground
so some clot can trip over it with his big feet and mangle
it.
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Despite obvious
problems which all worked out ok in the end, the seal
does what it says on the tin and moved itself into
the right shape within a couple of days. The next
one (Ray's
Se5) will be loads easier now we know how to go about
it. If you decide to have a go at one of these yourself
then I would leave the windscreen sealant goo in the
shop. It seems to be more applicable to older hardened
problem seals and serves no discernable usefull purpose
other than getting all over the bodywork, glass and
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Addenum - I did eventually have to put some
of this sealant under the seal at the top kerbside corner.
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