Windshield Gasket Too Short

[Dakota Boy]

Good 'ol Shop Manual.

Worth its weight in gold.

[yellow98cobra]

I did my windshield last summer I set the gasket out in sun for an hour and then was able to get it on. Also when my Wife and I installed the window I found that it helped to set some 1/4" dowls across the cowl vent and window frame just to give us a moment to get our hands and the glass repositioned before pushing the Glass & Gasket up into the top window flange. Then we pulled the dowls out and the window set down onto the bottom flange and while I applied pressure I had my wife get in the car and pull the string out and set the gasket around the flange. Shop manual was spot on

[YellowRose]

Jay, up in Massachusetts, was replacing his '59 windshield and ran into a problem with his windshield gasket being about 2-3 inches to short at the corner. That was creating a problem, so he asked me how to fix it. I did not know the answer, but his windshield installer did. He soaked the gasket with Windex and I gather, as a result, he was able to stretch it to the proper length to get it to fit right in place. The windshield install was a success. So, if you run into that problem on a windshield install keep that trick in mind.