Man you all have a lot of good information! Thank you so very much!
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Originally Posted by Zacharias
Best way to find out would be to ask.
I would imagine you might have a better shot, where you are located and there are still older cars on the road, than here in the rust belt where there are few to none?
Honestly my caution on this was not really aimed at those of you who live in dry states....
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I rarely see a classic like I do when in Sandy Eggo. But, valid point about asking and guess if they mess it up they have to be the ones to make it right.
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Originally Posted by uberwasser
Yet we probably all have the worst windshield seals, because people don't fix them in dry states |
We also have monsoon rains. That is how I found out my seal leaks, as pushed her out of the garage so I could wash her in the rain. She also spent a good part of her life in Oregon.
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Originally Posted by jay_bob
When I had a 123 I used Safelite Auto Glass.
They wanted to do the repair in their shop and not in the field. They had a guy in the shop who knew how to rope it in the old school way.
They used a true MB seal IIRC.
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Safelite, huh? I wonder what they do if the seal failed sooner than it should?
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Originally Posted by Mark DiSilvestro
I've replaced two Mercedes windshields in the past three decades. The first was on my old Ponton 180 in 1988. The second was by a glass-shop on my '82 240D in 2009. Both times the gasket was from Mercedes. NEVER AGAIN!
The OE gaskets are too old and have obviously been sitting on the shelf way too long. Both of mine cracked & rotted after a just few years until they looked nearly as bad as the original, 27-29 year-old gaskets. Next time, I'm letting the glass shop deal with getting their gasket to fit.
Happy Motoring, Mark
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Mark, interesting that Mercedes is ripping folks off by selling a useless product! Too bad! I will keep that in mind!