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back windsheild seal

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Posted by: terry_jones84

hey, i see alot of it, the seal all messed up, any tricks out there, to laying that baby down. mine is black, thought it was from the heat, but i seen a white mark, the same way, checked on a replacement at a local place, almost when to jail, before i got out of there, lol $375.00, for the rubber seal and labor. anyway, any ideals , thanks

tj

Posted by: JoeyLincolnMK8

from what i know to do the job "right" the whole rear window and seal needs to be replaced.

Posted by: terry_jones84

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoeyLincolnMK8

from what i know to do the job "right" the whole rear window and seal needs to be replaced.

are you saying i need to replace my back window also????

Posted by: fossten

Quote:

Originally Posted by terry_jones84

hey, i see alot of it, the seal all messed up, any tricks out there, to laying that baby down. mine is black, thought it was from the heat, but i seen a white mark, the same way, checked on a replacement at a local place, almost when to jail, before i got out of there, lol $375.00, for the rubber seal and labor. anyway, any ideals , thanks

tj

I've been told by several people on this forum that you can tuck the outer flap into the crease. I've been meaning to do it but it's been too hot.

Posted by: terry_jones84

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Originally Posted by fossten

I've been told by several people on this forum that you can tuck the outer flap into the crease. I've been meaning to do it but it's been too hot.

yes, it's hot here, also, 96 that's the best ideal yet, , i was thinking of some kind of glue, but didn't want to get it on the paint, thanks

Posted by: 67Continental

i've used silicone sealant to seal mine down on the top.

Posted by: 94m5

AFAIK, you can only get the seal with the glass. You run into a problem with the glass potentially breaking when removing it. Last time I checked the mitchel glass book, the rear glass/seal assy was $3,750. I'm just hoping I piss someone off enough to throw a brick at my back window. (0 deduct on comprehensive).

I have also seen people trim the seal off with an x-acto knife.

Mike

Posted by: terry_jones84

Quote:

Originally Posted by 94m5

AFAIK, you can only get the seal with the glass. You run into a problem with the glass potentially breaking when removing it. Last time I checked the mitchel glass book, the rear glass/seal assy was $3,750. I'm just hoping I piss someone off enough to throw a brick at my back window. (0 deduct on comprehensive).

I have also seen people trim the seal off with an x-acto knife.

Mike

AFAIF, (had to look that one up, lol)
there's no way would i pay that ($3700)unless the glass is in the back in a million pieces, lol, hell didn't pay that much for the car, 95 black with new air rides installed, anyway thanks 94m5, i may go with the silicone.

Posted by: CSimonGo

I trimmed mine with XActo knife. Doesn't look to shabby if I may say so.

When I called around to see how much it would be to replace rear window, I got $1900 because the rear window is encapsulated, so the window and seal must be replaced.

Posted by: mespock

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Originally Posted by fossten

I've been told by several people on this forum that you can tuck the outer flap into the crease. I've been meaning to do it but it's been too hot.

I have tried to tuck mine in Pass side was a nice 5 min job went in easy.. Drivers side was a bitch and keeps trying to pot out... Can't seem to get the top dirvers side to go in...

The guy who put my windshield in told me to trim it as the piece has absolutly no practica funtion and will not cause any leaking.

I know 94m5 is looking into some kind of mode for this to either replace or cover up this problem.

Good Luck.

Posted by: 94mark8

tuck it in. it looks good. i did it with my 94 deep jewel green.

Posted by: 8inAZ

Regardless of the price, even if you DID replace the old one with a brand spanking new one, I'm not aware that in post-production Ford added ANY magical anti-lasagna ingredients to the original plastic recipe -- meaning another few years down the road, your back seal will STILL look like a stretched-out sea of you-know-what lips.

Posted by: fossten

Quote:

Originally Posted by 8inAZ

Regardless of the price, even if you DID replace the old one with a brand spanking new one, I'm not aware that in post-production Ford added ANY magical anti-lasagna ingredients to the original plastic recipe -- meaning another few years down the road, your back seal will STILL look like a stretched-out sea of you-know-what lips.

Good point. Could use that same argument in favor of coil conversion.