Fitting new winscreen on gd galant

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Fitting new winscreen on gd galant

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How hard is it to fit windscreen on a gd galant.
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Re: Fitting new winscreen on gd galant

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I have done it. Used the rope method where you sit the windscreen and seal over the opening, and pull a piece of rope through the seal to pull it inside.

It took a couple of attempts trying it by myself and I kept failing, but once I had a helper that could hold some pressure on the screen from the outside whilst I worked on the seal from the inside it went in quite easily.

That was with a new rubber seal (from Phils Rotaries on ebay). I wouldn't even try and attempt it with an old hard seal.
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Re: Fitting new winscreen on gd galant

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I'll be getting new seal. Do you need to add any sealant to the seal?
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Re: Fitting new winscreen on gd galant

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I gave it a good clean as it had some white powdery stuff on it, but that was it. It seals fine with no leaks.

Apparently this only works with a brand new seal, and if you try and use it a second time it will need sealant.
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Re: Fitting new winscreen on gd galant

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I didn't use sealant on the re used rubber on the windscreen of my wagon.
It doesn't leak.

A properly seated rubber shouldn't need it IMO.

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Re: Fitting new winscreen on gd galant

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Thanks for your help guys
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