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

[brianm@zbt62.eastnet.gatech.edu (Brian McGarvey)]

Craig,
Neal and I popped out the front windshield out of the mk1 i had w/ no
problem. Remove the chrome trim. lube it up good and well just pop it out.
normally sing a putty knife or gasket scrapter to get under neath works
pretty good.

a MK2 on the other had all we did was shatter the windshield.


brian

 On Wed, 23
Jan 2002, Craig Williams wrote:

> 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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