1952-59 Ford Back Window Leak

I had a new headliner installed on my 56 and they needed to take the back window out. It leaks slightly at the very top in the center.

Any good ideas how to seal that without pulling the window back out?

I thought about 3m strip caulk but it seems it could be tough to get it under the seal. Do they make a good flowable sealant with a small tip that I could squeeze under the rubber seal. It doesn't leak bad but does when I wash the car or get a heavy rain.

 

I'm interested as well....I've got a small leak on my front windshield at the top, sure don't want to pull it to fix it..

 

I have use the 3M black sealer sparingly,you need to have a extra pair of hands,I used a couple of sheet rock mud spreaders to open up te rummer and squeeze a small bead down in between the rubber and sheet metal. HRP

 

This is what the gl*** shops would use, a shop that does windshields would not charge you much the stuff HRP showed is almost impossible to remove if needed. Read this: http://www.mustangandfords.com/how-to/paint-body/1601-how-to-seal-a-windshield-the-right-way/

 

Unlike the mustang in the article, my stainless is intalled into the rubber before the gl*** is installed..........gl***, rubber, and stainless as a unit. The stainless keeps the rubber from being flexed out away from the gl*** enough to get a nozzle under it, and I sure wouldn't want a messy looking glob like they did on the Mustang. Also, where it;s leaking is actually up under the roof overhang, preventing access to do a really neat job.
My thoughts were more along the line of something I saw years ago for sealing house roofs. It was a liquid that (on the house roof) was poured on and, in theory, would follow the same route as water, but would get sticky and seal up small creavases as it flowed through. Something along that line, injected with a horse sized medical injection needle it seems would do the trick.
When I installed mine, I used a never-hardens sealer between both the gl*** and rubber, and the rubber and window flange. I only have that one spot on the windshield that only leaks if I'm driving, the wind forcing the water up and in apparently. If I get caught in a rainstorm, I just toss a small towel up on the dash against the gl*** to catch the dribble.
My car had to be left out in a really heavy rainstorm today, as I had a project I was working on in the garage. Two hours of heavy rain and not one drop inside the car.

 

Now your just showin' off.

 

I was thinking something like Texas57 described. Something that would flow like water. I don't know how I would inject the 3m glazing compound under the rubber seal.

 

Same problem here, at the front and back windshield. I avoid driving in the rain. Obviously I'd like a cure for it without pulling everything. Injection needle seems like a good idea but the stuff going through has to be fluid enough.

 

I did read another post where one person used red rubber grease.

Does that make any sence?

Grease is water resistant and pliable. I have to think about it more but it seems like it could work. Plus, I think you could inject it unter the rubber seal.

 

I bet a 90º curved needle or some sort of curved tube would help to inject the stuff under the seal.

 

My gl*** guy told me to use a black butyl caulk if I needed to seal up a small leak. I believe I have one at the top of my windshield. I imagine silicone would be okay too.

 

As everyone else, I can imagine 2 or 3 products that would provide good seal. The problem is making the job look good.

 

??..showing off?......that I can;t spell??

 

Punctuation might be lacking too, but hey you used it in a sentence , that shoz u know lots of words!

 

Most of where they leak will be covered up with trim, if the car has trim. Mine leaks at the body to gasket interface. My gl*** guy told me to do the garden hose test with someone sitting inside the car watching. Of course I never did this.