HELP: Windshield gasket "trim" chrome
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You have to remove the weatherstrip from the windshield, then remove the mouldings. To reinstall, the mouldings are placed in the weatherstrip FIRST, then it's installed on the windshield.
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JEEZ-US. How the F are you supposed to get the friggin windshield in with that trim attached? I can just see the cluster-F that's going to be when I need to do it. Like I don't have enough problems!! Gotta love THAT bit of engineering.
Thanks guys, Todd.
I do have one more question. What is the magic to taking it off first to get the trim off, as opposed to taking the trim off while the gasket is still in the truck?
Thanks guys, Todd.
I do have one more question. What is the magic to taking it off first to get the trim off, as opposed to taking the trim off while the gasket is still in the truck?
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JEEZ-US. How the F are you supposed to get the friggin windshield in with that trim attached? I can just see the cluster-F that's going to be when I need to do it. Like I don't have enough problems!! Gotta love THAT bit of engineering.
Thanks guys, Todd.
I do have one more question. What is the magic to taking it off first to get the trim off, as opposed to taking the trim off while the gasket is still in the truck?
Thanks guys, Todd.
I do have one more question. What is the magic to taking it off first to get the trim off, as opposed to taking the trim off while the gasket is still in the truck?
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Huh? It makes entirely no difference since the windshield is installed from the outside. Only the inner lip of the gasket will have to give. The chrome actually stiffens the windshield that little bit to help assure you don't crack it. This job is better suited with 2 people, a long mini blind string and a tad bit of dishwashing detergent. If you search you will see it can be done in about 2 minutes if done correctly.
Same is to be said about pulling one gasket and all if needed. Only the inner lip has to move. But the gasket is better off just being cut and a new one installed if it has any age to it.
Same is to be said about pulling one gasket and all if needed. Only the inner lip has to move. But the gasket is better off just being cut and a new one installed if it has any age to it.
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Thanks ND. That's what I was thinking but I figured they wouldn't have used SS Same thing for the little strip on the back of the cab that connects the two pot metal " shoulder" pieces on each side of the cab that demarcks the roof and lower cab. Quite a run on huh?
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Thanks ND. So obvious now. EVERY ford vehicle of this era. Along with headlight trim and windshield wipers. I guess most everything that sees large bugs up close except for the grills.
My guess is stainless grills would have added too much weight.
But the rest is polished aluminum.
My guess is stainless grills would have added too much weight.
But the rest is polished aluminum.
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Thanks ND. So obvious now. EVERY ford vehicle of this era. Along with headlight trim and windshield wipers. I guess most everything that sees large bugs up close except for the grills.
My guess is stainless grills would have added too much weight.
But the rest is polished aluminum.
My guess is stainless grills would have added too much weight.
But the rest is polished aluminum.
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If I had to guess, which I am in this case, the headlight doors. They are often called bezels too. Unless he means the headlight rings, but those are not stainless to my knowledge.