Re: [DML] Fixed side window seal

[kevin creason <kcreason77@xxxxxxxxx>]

October '81 (#4687, early in the month I think), RTV.
No wonder it leaks in heavy Houston rain.

The other seals around the fixed window are also
problematic. I took 'er through a touchless carwash
last week for the first time. Boy was I surprised at
the drips from the windows.
I guess I'll have to do all new seals, all the way
around.


--- ksgrimsr <knut.s.grimsrud@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
>  
> 
> 
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