August 1981 002981 Crappy Black RTV used. Scott Mueller 002981 -----Original Message----- From: ksgrimsr [mailto:knut.s.grimsrud@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 2:39 PM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DML] Fixed side window seal I finished re-installing my refinished toll both window trim this weekend. On my '81 the metal trim separating the fixed glass from the tollboth window needed to be refinished and in the process I thought I'd fix something that had been bugging me for a while. On my late '83 DeLorean, there is nicely profiled rubber gasket between the metal trim piece and the fixed glass, while on my late '81 it appeared to have been glued in with RTV sealant and looked like crap. I hadn't taken close note of others' cars, but I had presumed that my '81 had been broken into and had an amateur repair job done. To my surprise, at the recent tech session I took note and it appeared that all the cars (sampling of 4 or 5) had the same crappy-looking RTV sealant between the tollbooth trim and the fixed glass instead of a rubber seal/gasket. My '81 now has a nicely profiled gasket like my '83 and it looks much sharper now, but I'm curious what the cutoff is for cars that do or don't have the profiled gasket. Do everyone's '81 cars have RTV sealant between the metal trim piece and the fixed glass instead of a rubber seal/gasket? Is the seal/gasket only present on '83? Knut To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/