This is a little bit 80's tech and some chat so I'm posting it here since I want a 80 owners opinion
So my windshield has been leaking since last March when it seemed to create a leak at the bottom corners and a strip in the bottom center after miles of washboard roads in Death Valley. So I bought new weather stripping from CDan and went to go get my windshield fixed last friday.
Well the installer decided to use the new weather stripping and removed the window from the old weather stripping. The old weather stripping was glued in with urethane and the glass was glued to the weather stripping as well. The old window appeared to be from from the factory install. I'm guessing that the urethane dried up a bit and developed a leak in the corners where enough sealant wasn't used.
So anyway the installer go to install the window and I noticed he isn't putting urethane between the stripping and the glass. I tell him that there needs to be sealant there but I'm informed that he never does that on this type of window and that I should trust him and that he's been doing this for 12 years. I tell him that I can guarantee that the window will leak without urethane. He insists that it won't. I give in, but exclaim that I will be really upset if it leaks after he puts it in. Well he puts the window in with no urethane; not even against the frame. We decide to test it out to see if it will leak and of course it does.
I tell him again that he should have used urethane. To solve the leaks he decides to put some tar like goo between the stripping, the frame, and the glass. He trys it out with water and it leaks again. More goo goes in and yes it still leaks.
At about this time it's getting late and he tells me to bring it back tomorrow. I'm gone for the weekend so I tell him I can bring it back next week and that he should have used urethane between the glass and the strip.
So the lesson here is make the glass installer exactly follow the FSM.
So now I'm not sure what to do. Should I take it back and make him do it right? I haven't paid him anything yet, however I'm certain the installer feels I owe him money. Do I cut my losses, get new stripping, and try to install it myself? After watching the install of the glass I'm certain I can do it myself, only correctly this time. I'm also worried about what I'm legally obligated to do.
If you actually read all of this thanks!
So my windshield has been leaking since last March when it seemed to create a leak at the bottom corners and a strip in the bottom center after miles of washboard roads in Death Valley. So I bought new weather stripping from CDan and went to go get my windshield fixed last friday.
Well the installer decided to use the new weather stripping and removed the window from the old weather stripping. The old weather stripping was glued in with urethane and the glass was glued to the weather stripping as well. The old window appeared to be from from the factory install. I'm guessing that the urethane dried up a bit and developed a leak in the corners where enough sealant wasn't used.
So anyway the installer go to install the window and I noticed he isn't putting urethane between the stripping and the glass. I tell him that there needs to be sealant there but I'm informed that he never does that on this type of window and that I should trust him and that he's been doing this for 12 years. I tell him that I can guarantee that the window will leak without urethane. He insists that it won't. I give in, but exclaim that I will be really upset if it leaks after he puts it in. Well he puts the window in with no urethane; not even against the frame. We decide to test it out to see if it will leak and of course it does.
I tell him again that he should have used urethane. To solve the leaks he decides to put some tar like goo between the stripping, the frame, and the glass. He trys it out with water and it leaks again. More goo goes in and yes it still leaks.
At about this time it's getting late and he tells me to bring it back tomorrow. I'm gone for the weekend so I tell him I can bring it back next week and that he should have used urethane between the glass and the strip.
So the lesson here is make the glass installer exactly follow the FSM.
So now I'm not sure what to do. Should I take it back and make him do it right? I haven't paid him anything yet, however I'm certain the installer feels I owe him money. Do I cut my losses, get new stripping, and try to install it myself? After watching the install of the glass I'm certain I can do it myself, only correctly this time. I'm also worried about what I'm legally obligated to do.
If you actually read all of this thanks!
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