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spotrot
Nov 23, 2014Explorer
Thank you for the link. I assume the diagram is from a parts manual. Do you know if there is a CD of that? Or better an assembly manual? I've been spoiled, there's an actual assembly line assembly manual for everything on my old Corvettes. They show every bolt, torque, and and procedure.
After removing and inspecting the running light, and deciding that was probably not the cause of the leak, I pulled the end of the upper weatherstrip away from the windshield. The rear center of the rubber has the protrusion that snap into a narrow metal channel but it appears that the last few inches are simply glued or calked.
In any case, I used a hose to direct water just into that area and voila - it leaked. It looks like they got a little sloppy here and barely barely contacted the glass in that area. Now I will decide whether to pull then weatherstrip off across the entire top and look for rust -- or just fix the current leak.
Thank you all for you excellent advice. Great members in this forum.
Off to the Keys now and hope it won't rain too much before I fix this item.
After removing and inspecting the running light, and deciding that was probably not the cause of the leak, I pulled the end of the upper weatherstrip away from the windshield. The rear center of the rubber has the protrusion that snap into a narrow metal channel but it appears that the last few inches are simply glued or calked.
In any case, I used a hose to direct water just into that area and voila - it leaked. It looks like they got a little sloppy here and barely barely contacted the glass in that area. Now I will decide whether to pull then weatherstrip off across the entire top and look for rust -- or just fix the current leak.
Thank you all for you excellent advice. Great members in this forum.
Off to the Keys now and hope it won't rain too much before I fix this item.
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