Windscreen bottom rubber seal

[PEC]

Dear All,

The rubber seal at the bottom of the windscreen is showing undulating signs of aging, leading to some potential for serious drafts when the car id off sorn at the end of this winter.

I could of course go through a total change of rubber by lifting the windscreen.  I am looking for a good step by step guidance about how to do it since I am rather poor, although willing, at DIY.

If I were to go the temporary lazy way, do you think a quick fix with tape is doable? Any tape you would recommend? Any potential harm to the paint when the tape is taken away?

Thank you very much

[PEC]

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[SM25T]

Don't tape it. Get a new seal from Chris at Redline Components. Don't try and slide it in from the end, put one leg of the tee into the groove and then push the other leg in to the opposite groove with a flat blade a bit at a time. Get it the right way up ... so the hollow bit sits down on the scuttle. Fit the screen on the stanchions and on the scuttle again. Thread one end of the rubber through the triangle and pull it so the bend sits snugly against the scuttle, nail up the bolts. Same again the other side. Then carefully cut off the surplus length each end.

[timb2117]

The other thing is to use a mix of about 1 part washing up liquid to 20 parts water to lubricate just clean up thoroughly when done. For most of the sealing stuff I have had brilliant results from sikaflex automotive polyurethane, sets like rubber, sticks like glue and takes about ten years to get off your fingers if you don't wear gloves! :)

[SM25T]

But don't use any sort of adhesive on the windscreen, seals or stanchions !!

[PEC]

Many thanks to you both for your help; I will try to put a new seal when temperatures get warmer.

[Geoff Brown]

Direct  a hair dryer hot stream at the offending ripples & at the same time using an old credit card/fingers/wooden spatula or other non metallic soft ish edge to carefully smooth the seal down toward the stanchions. Watch the paint work though.

I managed to remove some ripples & then poked the excess down behind the stanchions using an ice lolly strick! You do need patience.

50/50 chance of success.

[Wrightpayne]

I helped a fellow sevener fit a new one last year and the T part of the rubber wouldn't hold in the slot. Comparing to an older rubber the T part was definitely smaller. In the end we fitted one of my good used ones after a clean up with Autoglym rubber care. It fitted perfectly.

Not sure if there was a bad batch / supplier change?

Ian

[PEC]

Change of the seal completed a few days ago. I had to use non-diluted washing-up liquid so that the T part could slide easily.

In consequence a good water rinse was necessary in the end in order to avoid serious soap bubbles emerging the next time I would have been out in the car and in the rain!
 

Thank you very much again for all the precious pieces of advice given.

[SM25T]

You don't need to slide the t-part in from one end. Lay one side of the T into the groove the whole length, then press the other side in with a flat blade or credit card if necessary. Make sure you fit it the right way up.