Thanks for the reply.
The service manual references 'sealing strips' many times with no refences to a part number, nor it's present day equivalent.
Service Manual page 1166/1167, Section 1J-4
"Sealers are applied to specific joints during manufacture. These sealers are intended to prevent water and dust from entering the car and also perform as anticorrosion barriers. The originally sealed joints are obvious and any damage to these sealed locations should be corrected by resealing. Attaching points of new replacement panels should be resealed (Fig. 10).
Flanged joints, overlap joints and seams should be sealed using quality sealer of medium-bodied consistency. Sealer used must retain its flexible characteristics after curing and be paintable. Open joints which require bridging of sealer to close a gap should be sealed using a heavy-bodied caulking material."Service Manual page 1241, Section 8J Roof
14. Sealing strips and filler - windshield frame at belt
(6)
Clean
All areas where sealing strips are to be applied
within ten minutes of installation. Use denatured
alcohol or lacquer thinner and dry immediately
with a clean cloth.
Install or Connect (Figures 1,2,3, and 4)
1. Sealing strips to windshield pillar flanges...I assisted in taking this roof off and the many other panels nearly 4 years ago for entire paint color change (2 people for windshield pillars one to hold the heat gun just right and another to apply lite lifting pressure). It was pretty easy to take off this early fall by myself so I wanted to see what was missed. I'd also notice weird squeaking noises too, like a styrofoam cooler rubbing up against something, when driving over smooth yet uneven surface roads (frame moving slightly?) coming from the roof area. So I wanted to investigate that. But I
think that's coming from where the roof joins/over-laps the rear-clip.
These are the supplies I've got so far (may have gotten more than whats needed):
3M 08620 Window Weld 1/4" roll
3M 08625 Window Weld 1/8" roll
3M 08681 Single Step Primer
Metro-Mold 3/8" roll
Frost King Rubber Foam self-stick weather seal (3/4" wide 7/16" thick)
Frost King Vinyl Foam self-stick weather seal (3/4" wide 1/2" thick)
Is this the proper stuff?
Next on my agenda:
New headliner, new Mr Mikes seat covers, I'm just being very cautious before I put the interior all back in. Look, I'm no mechanic. Some of my posts may be long and contain more information than needed. I just don't want to have to take this all apart again.
I appreciate those who reply.
Curtis