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"Butyl Adhesive tape". My Mk1 failed on a hole just under the rear quarterlight. I managed to remove the window after scraping my face with a screwdriver and throwing a window into my nose. But once I've done the job I'll have no method of sticking it back!(!) steep for just a roll of sticky rubber so who's got ideas? 
Not the right stuff I know, but for the layman, it would be easier and cheaper. I have one of mine sealed up that way. hth... it broke when we removed it to patch a couple of rusticles along the bottom edge of the window 
That window isn't going anywhere! 
I can't remember what it's made of but you can get it from an autofactors easy enough. I'll pick some up! You will find a thousand and one uses for it around the car. Got a feeling it might be polyurethane.
as water has got into the edges and bubbling out!(read: this close to having a fit!) The welding was an absolute nightmare! I thought I would weld with the patch underneath the original metalwork (ie as a lap weld) but I kept on droping the patch down the inside of the wing only to fish it out with an extendable magnet about 20 times! 
Eventually I gave in and welded over the top. To make matters worse it wasnt my best welding either 
! Still after a lot of grinding and filler I dont think it will be obvious....hopefully.
Icsunonove wrote:And you're into trackdays, that's cool!
I absolutely love Ty Croes Angelsey track, have you driven it?
My Manager drives a raw striker with a 4A-GE lump in it aswell so we are itching to get out there! However, as soon as I join Mk1Club I'd like to see what action there is in Wales, as it seems (until recently) to have been quite quiet for meets/trackdays!(notice, "local" in wales = less than 100miles round trip, swansea and back = 80 miles!) to machine mart,could do with a new mask anyways How did you "buy" that for nothing? 
It really looks rather nice to me! You lucky so and so! I've done it 5 times I think.£1 for a restoration project. It's been a long haul but its slowly getting there. Long drive up to macclesfield and back Car looked awful, hadnt been touched in about 6 years, but everything was original, including the rust . So far it has had the following done to it:(included with car), (JDM)(JDM), 1 fabricated sill return panel (Me)(about 5 months I think)ldavies83 wrote:
BTW my names not Ian its Leigh, but no probs
IIRc it's called window sealant and it's silicone free. i'd call a local motor factor or a bodyshop that might give you a free squirt of the stuff. I've got some in my garage but only a tiny bit left. 