Date:         Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:45:12 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Removing internal window rubber
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Roger,

Do you d this on the inside or outside of the car? Are you saying
that you remove the old rubber and reuse it? I missed the original to
this post but have been wondering about this.

I knew a guy back in the 80s who used a technique similar to yours to
restore Porsche rubber. He would coat the items in silicone, wrap
them in plastic wrap, and keep them for months or years while he
rebuilt the car. Worked really well. The vaseline is a lot easier to
come by. Wonder if mineral oil might not penetrate better?

Jim


On Jan 19, 2007, at 9:57 AM, Roger Sisler wrote:

> The 4 side windows can be removed in 15 minutes or less,total.Use a
> 22ounce claw hammer that has the claws at an almost straight curve
> (?).A 16
> ounce claw hammer has the claw curves too steep, that will bump on the
> metal.Just stick the claws between the rubber and window frame and
> twist.Out, in 30 seconds.
>
> Scrub your rubber clean with fine steel wool lubricated with soap. Gob
> vasoline on the rubber and let the sun soak it into the rubber.This
> time
> of year it takes several days.It will rejuvinate  the rubber and
> make it
> lok almost new.
>
> When installing the windows, use vasoline as a lubricant.It will
> soak into
> the rubber and help make it flexable and seal better when it soaks
> into
> the ruber.
>
> I did this to all my exterior rubber. You can see the pop top
> gasket that
> had this treatment two years earlier in my phto of pop top screws
> tha tI
> sell.
>
>
> Foam rubber seals  ,like in the doors, will swell up a tad,but this is
> ok.It make s for a tighter door closing.Looks almost new again.
>
> http://stores.ebay.com/werksforwagens
>