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fred93 · 02-14-2019, 12:45 PM

I am ready to install the gasket that goes on the bottom and two sides of the windshield frame. It seems that it can be installed in two different ways. I need to get feedback as to which way it goes.

Also, the side of the windshield frame has a screw & nut at the top of the frame. I assume that the rubber gasket needs to be notched out where the screw & nut are located. I also assume that the gasket needs to be notched out first, then it needs to be installed into the frame-THEN the screw & nut are installed?

midgetracer · 02-14-2019, 03:07 PM

Your assumptions are right. The rubber also must be notched where the screw and nut goes through. notched then put in place, then the screw and nut installed.

fred93 · 02-14-2019, 03:18 PM

Here are more pix of the way I think it should be installed. Yes or No?

Dave in MD · 02-14-2019, 03:29 PM

Fred,
You will need to cut a miter where the two side pieces meet the bottom piece. If you have stretched the rubber at all during instllation, let it relax a day or two before cutting the miter joint. You can use a dab of super glue on the miter joints to hold the side pieces to the bottom piece.
Dave

fred93 · 02-14-2019, 05:19 PM

Thanks Dave--do the pictures look like I am correct with the way I am installing the gasket?

fred93 · 02-14-2019, 05:22 PM

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I have been playing with the gasket and I found that it is better to push the gasket into the frame channel rather than starting at one end and sliding it along. I started to install it by sliding into one end but by the time I got half way it wouldn't move any more.

midgetracer · 02-14-2019, 05:48 PM

Use a little lube like wd-40

fred93 · 02-14-2019, 08:17 PM

I used soapy water just in case I need to glue the gasket to the frame. I know that I need to super glue the bottom corners as well. so I don't want oil on the rubber.

Dave in MD · 02-16-2019, 10:21 AM

Fred,
The pictures like you are installing the rubber correctly.
Dave

Joe K · 02-16-2019, 02:46 PM

IIRC, my kit came with a tube of glycerine which you use to liberally grease the bulb/channel.

The warning about doing the miters is apt. I let mine sit two days and set it out in the sun for at least one of those days. It was still shrinking on the 2nd day.

Joe K

fred93 · 02-16-2019, 10:30 PM

Thanks to everyone who replied to my post. I can always count on the Ford Barn family to help me out.

02-14-2019, 03:07 PM	#2
midgetracer Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bismarck ND Posts: 1,242	Re: 29 Tudor windshield frame gasket questions Your assumptions are right. The rubber also must be notched where the screw and nut goes through. notched then put in place, then the screw and nut installed.

02-14-2019, 03:29 PM	#4
Dave in MD Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 180	Re: 29 Tudor windshield frame gasket questions Fred, You will need to cut a miter where the two side pieces meet the bottom piece. If you have stretched the rubber at all during instllation, let it relax a day or two before cutting the miter joint. You can use a dab of super glue on the miter joints to hold the side pieces to the bottom piece. Dave

02-14-2019, 05:19 PM	#5
fred93 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: SPRUCE PINE NC Posts: 446	Re: 29 Tudor windshield frame gasket questions Thanks Dave--do the pictures look like I am correct with the way I am installing the gasket? __________________ Why is there never enough time to do it right, but always enough time to do it over!!!

02-14-2019, 05:22 PM	#6
fred93 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: SPRUCE PINE NC Posts: 446	Re: 29 Tudor windshield frame gasket questions Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I have been playing with the gasket and I found that it is better to push the gasket into the frame channel rather than starting at one end and sliding it along. I started to install it by sliding into one end but by the time I got half way it wouldn't move any more. __________________ Why is there never enough time to do it right, but always enough time to do it over!!!

02-14-2019, 05:48 PM	#7
midgetracer Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bismarck ND Posts: 1,242	Re: 29 Tudor windshield frame gasket questions Use a little lube like wd-40

02-14-2019, 08:17 PM	#8
fred93 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: SPRUCE PINE NC Posts: 446	Re: 29 Tudor windshield frame gasket questions I used soapy water just in case I need to glue the gasket to the frame. I know that I need to super glue the bottom corners as well. so I don't want oil on the rubber. __________________ Why is there never enough time to do it right, but always enough time to do it over!!!

02-16-2019, 10:21 AM	#9
Dave in MD Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 180	Re: 29 Tudor windshield frame gasket questions Fred, The pictures like you are installing the rubber correctly. Dave

02-16-2019, 02:46 PM	#10
Joe K Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Cow Hampshire Posts: 4,612	Re: 29 Tudor windshield frame gasket questions IIRC, my kit came with a tube of glycerine which you use to liberally grease the bulb/channel. The warning about doing the miters is apt. I let mine sit two days and set it out in the sun for at least one of those days. It was still shrinking on the 2nd day. Joe K __________________ Shudda kept the horse.

02-16-2019, 10:30 PM	#11
fred93 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: SPRUCE PINE NC Posts: 446	Re: 29 Tudor windshield frame gasket questions Thanks to everyone who replied to my post. I can always count on the Ford Barn family to help me out. __________________ Why is there never enough time to do it right, but always enough time to do it over!!!