[T3] Vent windows seals

[Soren Jacobsen]

On Sep 6, 2013, at 2:55 PM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> On 6 Sep 2013 at 13:48, Dennis Stiefel wrote:
> 
>> We finally got the doors in from the body class today and have the doors on
>> the car now.  We now have the daunting task of putting all these new seals
>> on the doors and door glass that we got from ISP about a year and a half
>> ago.  We are having an issue with figuring out how to put the longer seal on
>> the vent window.  It looks like they are only 2 ways to get it on. Either
>> cut the seal where the glass pivots at the bottom or remove the glass out of
>> the frame.  I like the latter option better but how do take the glass out?
>> The only way I see is to drill out some rivets at the top hinge and then
>> where do you get some rivets like that to replace them. Just wanted to run
>> this by everyone before we cut or drilled out something first.
> 
> That upper hinge pivot rivet is a real problem. If you drill it out I 
> don't think you'll ever get it right again. VW used to have the 
> rivets, but I think there was also a special tool to press those 
> rivets into place nicely. I've never seen that tool, or heard of 
> anyone else who did.

I'm not sure what VW's tool originally looked like.  I replaced a rivet on my 65 Variant using a BB and vise.  It turned out pretty well, but a more specific tool would've been a big help.  Something like this would probably make it easier: http://www.fastenal.com/web/products/details/62212;jsessionid=TM5fSqJRJLdMbTPjywTwJgJmf5nB2pCLF12MTJkQ8XTl1vdXrGXJ!1153201763!-1714822355

Soren