Removing glass...how to w/o wrecking seals?

[roccolister@hotmail.com (Craig Williams)]

Marc,

In my experience, I have been able to take out every window in a MKI
Scirocco without breaking it and without cutting the gasket EXCEPT the front
windshield. And I have tried...unsuccessfully at least 4 times. If there is
a trick to taking out the glass and saving the gasket at the same time, I
have yet to learn that one.

I'm not saying that it can't be done, because every time I've tried I've
thought I was sooooo close to doing it. But then it broke.

Good luck -- Craig Williams
1981 Scirocco S 2008cc 16V (As seen in 01-2001 Sport Compact Car) 15.114 @
91 MPH
2001 Passat Wagon, 1.8t (For the Wife and Son)
1991 Passat Wagon 2.0 16V (For Sale)
2000 Saab Viggen (20 psi, Turbo charged monster)15.047 @ 94 MPH
Northern California, USA

----- Original Message -----
From: Marc Peterson <mpeters6@rochester.rr.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 8:15 AM
Subject: Removing glass...how to w/o wrecking seals?


> I have it in my mind to tear apart the '81 again after the winter.  I had
> the interior stripped out this past fall so I could work on the electrical
> system, and now I'm itching to totally dissassemble the car and fix all
the
> body issues.  I'm lucky enough to have window seals that don't leak at
all.
> Not even the windshield seal.  They aren't even starting to rot, I'm
> thinking that they may have been replaced in the mid 90's when the stuff
was
> still available.  Anyways, I really would like to pull all the glass so I
> could go nutty with cleaning, rust repair, and painting the whole car with
> ease.  But, I don't wanna wreck the seals removing the glass, and I want
it
> to seal as good as it does now.
>
> Can I pull the glass, save the seals, and reinstall them with the final
> product being as watertight as it is now?  Or should I work around the
glass
> during the body resto?
>
> Ideas?
>
> TIA,
> Marc
>
>
>
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