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Subject:Re: windshield sealing Q
From:jbange
Date:Sun, 12 Dec 2004 08:56:05 -0800

At 06:45 AM 12/12/2004, you wrote:
>I replaced my windshield using a new gasket. It's the type with 'chrome'
>trim. I didn't install the trim[didn't know it required a special tool]. Is
>the trim part of the sealing feature or is my windshield or is it leaking
>for a different reason? TIA, JinNJ '86 Syncro

The chrome is just trim. Vanagon windshields are notorious leakers. Get a
tube of 3M Heavy Drip-Chek sealer. Squirt a bead of it under the window
gasket all the way around and it will never leak again.

John Bange
'90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"