4104 Rear Window

[gus]

Thanks to all you guys who gave me good advice on installing the window. I bought one of the Lisle 47000 lock strip tools and it works like a charm. If I had designed it I would have made it so it can be pulled straight by the screwdriver type handle instead of having to be pushed. Even better, I would have made it so it can be used both ways. Even so it is a bargain at $13. I was amazed at how fast that simple tool zapped that lock strip into place.

I also got the tire soap and it is much better than dish washing soap. I will be using it for baggage door hinges also. It can also be used as tire and rubber dressing kind of like Armorall but does not damage rubber like Armorall.

I also got two large suction cups with suction releases and would not have wanted to attempt the job without them.

I did the whole job alone except I got my nephew to help me lift the large center glass into place.

Cleaning up the old glass was the most work of the whole job and took the most time.

My gasket just happened to fit exactly so I didn't need to cut any off the ends to make it fit. I was very pleased about that. I don't know where the gasket came from. I got it with one of the window sets I bought and had another gasket that came with the bus.

All and all a very pleasant experience that I had been dreading for six months or more.

[Stan]

gus: If you pull on the tool when installing a filler strip, the strip will stretch and two weeks after you are finished, it will creep and leave a large gap at the ends. 

[gus]

Stan,

I couldn't pull on the tool because in that position there isn't enough space for the lock strip.

I pushed on it all the time and it appeared to stretch it some anyway so I cut it off slightly more than an inch long, pushed the end in so that the strip looked like an inch worm, slowly and steadily pushed down that hump until it was flush but a bit wavy.

I didn't think that was possible but decided to try it anyway and it worked fine. Tookl probably 20-30 min to work it down.

Now it remains to be seen if that helped correct the stretching.