Hi all
We are working on putting the rear windscreen in the xj12c. My grandfather is adamant we can do it. I'm not so sure. He purchased the rubber seal and got me to place it around the windscreen. It is too big and has a little slack. I think he has the wrong one but once again he is adamant its correct. Question is can I cut the rubber to make fit? Do I need special glue to rejoin or is it just the windscreen adhesive?
Cheers
Cath

 

It would help if you can post a picture of the seal fitted to the aperture so we can all see how much slack there is. The seal needs to be pushed firmly into place on the aperture lip, and if done like this, should not have any slack.

Screen fitters have special tools for fitting screens; do you have them ? Might be better to pay an experienced fitter to fit it for you.

As I remember it when I did a Jaguar Mark 2 in the 80s, you fit the seal to the screen first, then wind string around the seal in the groove for the lip, normally a double circle of string, then with a person in the car, offer up the screen/seal to the aperture and press fairly firmly, then the person inside the car carefully pulls the string out which has the effect of pulling the seal onto the lip. You then go round with screen sealer to make sure no water can come in, and then finally fit the chrome trims. The chromes can be a pain to fit and you must take care or you will distort them.

Here is a website with the info.

How-to fit a car front windscreen with rubber window seals

 

I had my XJ6 in for an estimate on body work. They had just recently restored a Jaguar much like mine, and said it was impossible to find the correct seals for the rear window. Does anybody know the part numbers for these seals and where to get them?

 

You guys do need to get up to speed on the internet. Here are the seals from a reputable supplier. They ship to the USA, in fact may have a site in the US.

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