Hi I’m planning on taking my car to a glass shop to replace the seals since mine are dried out from the pleasant PHX weather I live in. I have noticed that the moulding on the interior of the windshield is pealing away and also was attached in pieced together strips instead of one singular trim piece. Is there a part I should be looking for to replace this? I haven’t found anything on autokrafters. Seals I’m purchasing from Precision:
How about a photo? There isn't any trim inside the car around the glass, it is all part of the glass weatherstrip.
As Jason said - no trim. It is all part of the seal. If you have a glass shop do it - make sure the tech knows how to do classic cars. With the old butyl style sealer (I like 3M brand, # 8509). If they use the newer car stuff you will have problems. New car glass gets cemented into place and stays put. These old cars the glass moves around in the seal as the car body flexes. The sealer must remain soft. From the factory the back glass was put in without the butyl sealer like the front glass has. There was a strip of butyl tape along the bottom metal edge in the rear. I did mine both front and back with the 3M sealer. No issues with leaks. Here is a 20 year old thread with a link that still works! It has a great video. Windshield Removal & Install | Maverick/Comet Forums
If the headliner needs replaced.....NOW is the time to do it. Headliner is put in before the glass as it gets wrapped around the pinch welds.
Yes. All that touches the front and rear glass is the seal\weatherstrip. As Craig stated, if you want to replace the headliner, now would be the time to do it as the headliner wraps around the front and rear pinch weld and is then covered by the seals, and therefore needs to be installed before the glass. I did the same thing as rthomas771 and covered the pillars with left over headliner material.
Are you referring to the rubber gasket? They age, crack and shrink from sun exposure and the 50+ years.
Yes. Look at my second picture near the rear view mirror. I have multiple gaps like that on the interior side of the window which made me believe that this was some pieced together molding after it was installed.
The windshield rubber gasket is one contineous piece of rubber with no gaps when it is installed so age created the gap. Have the person installing the windshield put extra sealer around the molding clips or it will leak when it rains. Not that you have that issue in AZ Be aware that the new rubber gasket will probably not be the same size thickness where the glass fits in it and may not be the same as it is now due to the fact that the old windshield may be a bit thicker than the newer glass which the rubber was made for
Thanks everyone. The glass place I’m taking it to is supposed to be legit/works on classics. But I’ll be sure to mention the tips presented here!
