RE: [DML] Fixed side window seal

["Scott Mueller" <scott.a.mueller@xxxxxxxxx>]

August 1981
002981

Crappy Black RTV used.

Scott Mueller 002981


-----Original Message-----
From: ksgrimsr [mailto:knut.s.grimsrud@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 2:39 PM
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [DML] Fixed side window seal


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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