Windshield Weather Seal/strip

[EastRidge]

I am just taking bits and pieces of things I want to replace/repair on my newly acquired M37.......

I have looked around at windshield weatherstrip, and it appears simple in design.......but read comments about splitting the metal frame to install it.

I thought you could get the old soft and dig and pull, then drive in the new.

Process required, as well the best to get for fit and price. (?)

Thanks

 

[G744]

If you mean the part that folds down on the hood, garage door bottom seal is a pretty good sub.

If you mean that which goes around the flip-up glass, that is best ordered from an MV parts dealer. A hint--it is the same on G744 series 5-tons and M35 2.5 tons.

 

[EastRidge]

Thank you.
I was referring to the perimeter seal on the windshield glass frames that tip out.

Watching a video of a guy who does resto work......says to pull the top of the frame off and drag the whole thing, molded corners and all, around the perimeter of the pane frame.

Not that I feels he's wrong, but there has to be a better way to skin this cat.

My "totally inexperienced " idea was to drive, or press it in with a hard plastic tool working along with heat and lube......

 

[G744]

Used to be one could soak rubber stuff like that in DOT3 for a while. It really lubes it up. Another thing used on rubber things is carb cleaner in the gallon can. It makes rubber really 'loose', and just about the only way to get the pedal floor seals on without destroying them.

The original rubber seal looked like a big "U" shaped deal, and there is a small groove around the perimeter of the frame you have to get that rubber into. I've done many of them over the years on trucks I fixed up, and it is always a PITA.

All the NOS stuff for M37's is now a half century old and rubber doesn't age well at all.