Replacing rear wing rubber on a 1967 coupe

[red911]

Hello all,

I fought for the last two hours to get the new rubber from International Mechantile in the track for the rear wing window. Any ideas?

Thanks, Tom

[Rennman]

Liquid soap and a credit card or bondo spreader and allot of patience

Don

[Sacto S]

Johnson's Baby Shampoo mixed with plenty of water and a rubber mallet to tap the rubber into place. I thought is was crazy when I read it but, after the same wrestling you have experienced it was the most successful method I tried. Get the rubber started then use the mallet to drive the seal on as you go around. Firm taps with the mallet worked just fine.

[davep]

What about using glycerine instead of a soap/water solution? I'm adverse to putting water in places where it may remain some time. I like getting the rubber warm, and working it a little to increase pliability before installation.

[t6dpilot]

Soak the rubber in hot water for 5 or 10 minutes, lube it up with hand soap, and then start working it around the window. I used a paint can opener with the 90 degree bend at the end to pry the rubber flange in the window frame. Worked like a charm and took about 20 minutes per window. Good luck.

[aporschaguy]

I soaked mine in the tub in hot soapy water along with the frames and the used a rubber mallet to pop them in the grove. It was really quite easy took about 20 minutes.

Originally I wasted about 2 hours trying to do it by hand.

[curtisaa]

This task is THE most aggravating exercise I have ever faced while restoring a Porsche. I ended up paying someone $80 to do it on my behalf. We spent 3 nights doing ALL the above and said ....fu** it !!

[red911]

Hello All,

Success due to this forum!!

This is what I did:

o Heated water in a pitcher in the microwave and soaked the rubber gasket for about 5 minutes
o Poured glycerin into my palm and rubbed it all along the inside of the gasket.
o Started at the square corner I pulled about 1/2 inch of gasket into the crease
o With that start, I ran the gasket parallel to the window and poured glycerin along the gasket and the window, I pushed the gasket into the window, and it almost fell into the window.
o Where there was trouble, I took a rubber mallet and tapped the gasket into place

The first one took about 20 minutes as I tried the credit card concept. The second one took 7 minutes.

Thanks to all that contributed to my issue. I just hope that others will learn from the forum like I did and prosper from it!

Tom