Order up the gaskets now as they take time to arrive .
I looked up " cheap windshields " on The Internet and found them for $180 installed , they come to your house even . pretty good .
Don't wa$te time and $ on a pitted glass .
At the very least , have plenty of window cleaner and towels handy so when he pops the old one out , you can quickly clean out all the accumulated dirt around the entire channell run , they never do more than wipe it half-a$$edly...
-Nate
Carl Asked :
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> I think it's about time for me to swap out the gaskets on the windshield
> and possibly back window on my 85 300D. I looked into adding flowable
> silicone, but the gasket is pretty cracked and crumbly. The water is
> channeling around the window and pouring onto the passenger floor.
>
> The glass isn't really that bad(pitted). My 80 240D is a lot worse. I
> would like to remove the glass and just replace the gasket. Has anyone
> done this job? Successfully without snapping the glass?
>
> Do I try this myself? Maybe hire a glass replacement service? I
> wouldn't think that they would guarantee not breaking the glass. They
> would make more $ if it did break.
>
> My favorite junkyard owner says that he uses oven cleaner to eat the
> gasket when he salvages glass. I've heard through work that it works on
> a lot of epoxies also.
>
> No, I don't have insurance on the car for free glass replacement if a
> stone accidentally smashes it.
>
> Thanks for any heads up.
>
> Carl
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