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

[jdbubb@ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

If the seals are in good shape so you're not afraid you'll damage them
then removing the glass and seals is absolutely the way to go when
repainting the car.
I stripped all the glass and trim from my 84 when I repainted it.
Everything came apart OK, (which doesn't mean I wasn't sweating bullets
when prying the glass out!) but like a dumbass I busted the windshield
during reinstallation. I got the second one in OK.
Dan


Marc Peterson wrote:
> 
> 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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