Instructions
1. Disinfected and dry the windscreen glass and intent all over the occupation nature besides as you can. These must be spotless.Rubber-gasket windshields are inflexible to install. It seems that nearly every installation leaks unless you're extra-careful during the installation course. Ford solved the leaking windscreen dispute in One thousand nine hundred sixty nine when it started gluing in the windshields. Provided you are in a restoration project with a pre-1969 Mustang and you craving to install a windscreen without leaks, always annex someone available to advice.
Vintage Mustangs even now challenges provided you requirement to repair the windscreen.Virtually every vintage Mustang owner can participation restoration horror stories. One of the extended general stories involves leaking windshields. All Mustangs built before One thousand nine hundred sixty nine used rubber gaskets for windshields.
Don't scratch the tint. Trial for bumps and debris on all sides of the effort sphere by running your fingers in and encompassing the nature where you Testament install the windscreen. The areas must be smooth and dry.
2. Alter the senile moulding clips with the different moulding clips enclosing the windscreen opening of the object. Employ sealant between the latest clips and the body to help prevent leaks later.
3. Apply beads of sealant all along the rubber gasket's inner pocket, outer pocket and to the body to ensure proper sealing all around. Press the gasket into its place around the windshield framing.
4. Press the metal base molding of the windshield into place. This will help support the glass.
5. Insert and set the glass into the rubber-gasket pocket starting at the bottom. Lay the glass back against the rubber gasket as you work the glass to the top of the gasket. Use your soft plastic pick or a small plastic putty knife to pop the rubber gasket lip over the windshield as you work.
6. Press the windshield firmly in place. This will set the glass and spread the sealant around the edges of the windshield, filling in any air gaps. Now, run a bead of sealant completely around and between the windshield glass and the rubber gasket. Clean off any extra sealant spilling around the glass and rubber gasket with your lacquer thinner and a razor blade.
7. Apply more sealant between the rubber gasket and body. You don't want leaks. If the seal breaks in the next step while you are installing the stainless-steel metal molding of the windshield, remove the molding and seal again.
8. Replace the stainless-steel windshield molding on each side of the windshield by pressing it firmly with the palm of your hand until it pops under the clips.
