T-Top Gasket Replacement
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From: Saint Louis Missouri
T-Top Gasket Replacement
I am somewhat new here. Just purchased a real clean 81. The back was loaded with new parts, my luck! Anyway the car came with two sets of t-tops. One set was a replacement and somewhat newer and the original set whereby one is good and the other is really cracked. Anyway the car came with a set of new rubber gaskets for the t-tops. The gaskets need replacing on the good set. I looked at the older cracked set and see where there are three screws on one of the four sides and the other three sides attach with some notched pins. It also appears that the gaskets (on both sets) are put down with adhesive. Can some one of you nice people tell me how to install, point me to a thread, or give some advice. Thanks and if I need to post this somewhere else, I will do so.
From St. Louis,
Thanks.
From St. Louis,
Thanks.
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From: Chapel Hill NC
You need to look at your weatherstripping as there is a left and right hand side.The side of the weatherstripping with the three screw holes screws into the main frame. The receiving unit is small nuts in the frame. I would sugest using wd 40 to loosen the old screws before you try taking them off with a philips head screwdriver.
The white notched pins fit into corresponding holes in the t top frame.
Make sure that you completely remove all adhesive that attached the previous ws or the new ws will not lie correctly. Be careful not to scratch the glass while removing the adhesive as it will be apermanant reminder of the task.
Use blue masking tape in the areas about the latch area as well as the other side to keep the ws in that area completely down as it has a tendency to rise without tape.
Good luck
The white notched pins fit into corresponding holes in the t top frame.
Make sure that you completely remove all adhesive that attached the previous ws or the new ws will not lie correctly. Be careful not to scratch the glass while removing the adhesive as it will be apermanant reminder of the task.
Use blue masking tape in the areas about the latch area as well as the other side to keep the ws in that area completely down as it has a tendency to rise without tape.
Good luck
