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Date:   Tue, 19 Mar 2002 10:04:21 -0700
Reply-To:   Sean Garrett <SEAN.GARRETT@ASU.EDU>
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From:   Sean Garrett <SEAN.GARRETT@ASU.EDU>
Subject:   Re: Rear Windshield Installation?
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On my 81 Westy I had a shop do it. Took them a better part of a day and was a bear. They told me original VW glass is notoriously tight. Took 3 people pounding on it to get it in.

I am glad I didn't attempt it.

Sean Garrett 1981 Westy (his) 1995 Eurovan Camper (hers) sean.garrett@asu.edu

> -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Doss [mailto:Doss88Wkndr@AOL.COM] > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 10:00 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Rear Windshield Installation? > > > I removed my back windscreen to take care of that pesky under > gasket rust. > When I removed it, I peeled out the plastic spline, and > worked the gasket out > from the top down, pushing the window out, and pulling the > gasket inside. It > was a real chore. I know I'm going to have a time getting it > back in. I > have (on other vehicles) used a cord to pull the lip of the > gasket around the > glass. I'm wondering, do you install the gasket -and- the > spline -then- the > glass? Is it best done from the inside -or- the outside? Is > it best to > start at the top -or - the bottom? > > Thanks, > Brian Doss > '88 Weekender, Queequeg >

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