You may be able to make a temporary fix by using the removable caulk such as
DAP's Seal & Peel if you can get the Jeep out of the rain and freezing
weather for 24 hours.
http://www.dap.com/docs/tech/00077136.pdf

"Nick ------" <nixon8890@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1132246722.709319.103580@g43g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>I watched it leak when it was raining out. It appears to be the front
> seal over the windshield, between the glass and seal. I'm not sure
> what to do other then replace the gasket/seal. Maybe soak it in
> silicone? Jeep wants $87.50 for a new rubber seal!
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Nick
>

 

You may be able to make a temporary fix by using the removable caulk such as
DAP's Seal & Peel if you can get the Jeep out of the rain and freezing
weather for 24 hours.
http://www.dap.com/docs/tech/00077136.pdf

"Nick ------" <nixon8890@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1132246722.709319.103580@g43g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>I watched it leak when it was raining out. It appears to be the front
> seal over the windshield, between the glass and seal. I'm not sure
> what to do other then replace the gasket/seal. Maybe soak it in
> silicone? Jeep wants $87.50 for a new rubber seal!
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Nick
>

 

You may be able to make a temporary fix by using the removable caulk such as
DAP's Seal & Peel if you can get the Jeep out of the rain and freezing
weather for 24 hours.
http://www.dap.com/docs/tech/00077136.pdf

"Nick ------" <nixon8890@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1132246722.709319.103580@g43g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>I watched it leak when it was raining out. It appears to be the front
> seal over the windshield, between the glass and seal. I'm not sure
> what to do other then replace the gasket/seal. Maybe soak it in
> silicone? Jeep wants $87.50 for a new rubber seal!
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Nick
>

 

Thanks. The leak appears between the window and the rubber, not the
rubber and the hardtop. Do you think a layer of caulk on the outward
facing rubber would help?



Billy Ray wrote:
> You may be able to make a temporary fix by using the removable caulk such as
> DAP's Seal & Peel if you can get the Jeep out of the rain and freezing
> weather for 24 hours.
> http://www.dap.com/docs/tech/00077136.pdf
>
> "Nick ------" <nixon8890@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1132246722.709319.103580@g43g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>
>>I watched it leak when it was raining out. It appears to be the front
>>seal over the windshield, between the glass and seal. I'm not sure
>>what to do other then replace the gasket/seal. Maybe soak it in
>>silicone? Jeep wants $87.50 for a new rubber seal!
>>
>>Any suggestions?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Nick
>>
>
>
>

 

Thanks. The leak appears between the window and the rubber, not the
rubber and the hardtop. Do you think a layer of caulk on the outward
facing rubber would help?



Billy Ray wrote:
> You may be able to make a temporary fix by using the removable caulk such as
> DAP's Seal & Peel if you can get the Jeep out of the rain and freezing
> weather for 24 hours.
> http://www.dap.com/docs/tech/00077136.pdf
>
> "Nick ------" <nixon8890@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1132246722.709319.103580@g43g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>
>>I watched it leak when it was raining out. It appears to be the front
>>seal over the windshield, between the glass and seal. I'm not sure
>>what to do other then replace the gasket/seal. Maybe soak it in
>>silicone? Jeep wants $87.50 for a new rubber seal!
>>
>>Any suggestions?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Nick
>>
>
>
>

 

Thanks. The leak appears between the window and the rubber, not the
rubber and the hardtop. Do you think a layer of caulk on the outward
facing rubber would help?



Billy Ray wrote:
> You may be able to make a temporary fix by using the removable caulk such as
> DAP's Seal & Peel if you can get the Jeep out of the rain and freezing
> weather for 24 hours.
> http://www.dap.com/docs/tech/00077136.pdf
>
> "Nick ------" <nixon8890@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1132246722.709319.103580@g43g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>
>>I watched it leak when it was raining out. It appears to be the front
>>seal over the windshield, between the glass and seal. I'm not sure
>>what to do other then replace the gasket/seal. Maybe soak it in
>>silicone? Jeep wants $87.50 for a new rubber seal!
>>
>>Any suggestions?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Nick
>>
>
>
>

 

Nick ------ wrote:
> Thanks. The leak appears between the window and the rubber, not the
> rubber and the hardtop. Do you think a layer of caulk on the outward
> facing rubber would help?

My soft top has the leak at the windshield header. I went to Home Depot
and got some Frost King X-Treme rubber weatherseal #V27W. It's 5/8" wide
by 5/16" thick by 10' long. I put a strip where the top meets the header.

No more leak. Total cost: $7.97 plus your local tax.

 

Nick ------ wrote:
> Thanks. The leak appears between the window and the rubber, not the
> rubber and the hardtop. Do you think a layer of caulk on the outward
> facing rubber would help?

My soft top has the leak at the windshield header. I went to Home Depot
and got some Frost King X-Treme rubber weatherseal #V27W. It's 5/8" wide
by 5/16" thick by 10' long. I put a strip where the top meets the header.

No more leak. Total cost: $7.97 plus your local tax.

 

Nick ------ wrote:
> Thanks. The leak appears between the window and the rubber, not the
> rubber and the hardtop. Do you think a layer of caulk on the outward
> facing rubber would help?

My soft top has the leak at the windshield header. I went to Home Depot
and got some Frost King X-Treme rubber weatherseal #V27W. It's 5/8" wide
by 5/16" thick by 10' long. I put a strip where the top meets the header.

No more leak. Total cost: $7.97 plus your local tax.

 

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:58:42 UTC "Nick ------" <nixon8890@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I watched it leak when it was raining out. It appears to be the front
> seal over the windshield, between the glass and seal. I'm not sure
> what to do other then replace the gasket/seal. Maybe soak it in
> silicone? Jeep wants $87.50 for a new rubber seal!

I've used a couple of different sealers made especially for
windshields with decent results. The one that worked best were
urethane sealers - messy as heck to work with but effective. I
usually find them at auto parts stores, but the best I found was at a
glass shop. The stuff was really thin out of the tube but it was
still holding when I sold the truck 5 years later. I had no real luck
with the silicone stuff but the urethane sealer worked well. Take a
thin putty knife or the like to pull the rubber away from the glass,
fill the crack and let the rubber back down. If it's a long run, mask
the glass next to the rubber so that you can pull off any excess that
squeezes out - that stuff is a bitch to clean once it sets. The
Dow-Corning brand I like cost me over $5 a tube but was well worth the
price.

--
Will Honea