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95 900SE CVT V6
I researched this board and found an individual had success with "Goop" marine quality adhesive. -Found it at Lowe's & bought two tubes & used one+ a little of the other- I did the following:
1. Cut away the few inches of remaining heat sink tape that attached the top to the window. The fabric at the top of the window was sticking straight out as the tape had all but pulled away. The rest of the window had already seperated completely from the exterior seal although the interior seal was still intact all the way around. The fabric at the highest point of the window just barely covered the glass do to shrinkage and what I assume is normal tension of the fabric. I also cut away most of the old seal that was under the fabric but no longer attached to the window.
2. Covered the leading edge of fabric all around with masking tape allowing about 1/8" of coverage under the fabric where it presses against the window. Put masking tape on glass to catch outward flow particularly on the high side as the stuff wants to run downhill. "Goop" is appropriately named and has a tendency to migrate around as you work with it.
3. Run as large a bead as you can as far up under the fabric as you can considering of course you don't want it running all over the glass.
4 The length you can glue at one time is dependant on how many hands you have to help you. Run the bead and then press the fabric down in order to distribute the glue to both surfaces as it will eventually work like a contact cement. Once both surfaces are wet, wedge something between the fabric and the glass in order to allow the glue to become tacky and take a break. Length of time depends on temp. so use your judgement.
5. Press and hold the fabric to the glass and itself until the fabric stays in place. Again, use your judgement but my experience was it took about ten minutes of direct pressure - perhaps if I waited longer for the glue to set up I would not of had to hold it in place for so long.
6. Despite my best efforts, the fabric at the highest point of the glass just missed and you could see the topmost edge of the glass over a side to side distance of about 3/4". After a day or so I ran an extremely thin bead of black high gloss silicone to fill that space. (It matches pretty well the black interior seal that you see through the glass).
The overlall look of the repair is excellent and the $9.00 cost beats the $1,400 replacement estimate an indie shop quoted me. You could hit the glass with a hand sledge and it wouldn't budge and is watertight.
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