Windscreen Seal

[jedwards]

Gentlemen,
Continuing my battle to locate correct seals, I searched for the seal that retains the windscreen glass in the frame on a S1. The Parts Book show part number 261618, which is a flat piece of rubber, rather than the U shaped channel I was expecting.

Has anyone identified a U shaped rubber extrusion that fits this need and saves what appears to be a nightmare job of having to fold a flat rubber seal around the glass's edge while forcing it into the channel while truing to keep it straight and without breaking, chipping or cracking the glass?

thanks
Jeff

[1950landy]

the rubber that the glass fits into in the frame is just a thin flat rubber not a u section . I think Scott's Old Auto Rubber sell it , I know they used to. They stock a lot of rubber for Rover products.

[gromit]

I set the windscreen in butyl rubber strip, same as the fixed front side windows in a Series II or III.
Four Wheel Drives used to supply it but it was a strange blue/grey colour. I managed to bulk buy some in black years ago..

Colin

[B.S.F.]

I've been using 9x16 mm U-section rubber which I bought from Clark Rubber many years ago. I've had four broken windscreens in the last 20 years (S1 109) After I broke the first one at the beginning of a long trip, 400 km from home, I never used sealant again. I've been able to reuse the old U-section ever since (that's why I've still got the spare one) Surprisingly only a few drops of water leak in now and then, not a cascade as one would expect
.W.

[jedwards]

Thanks everyone. The U channel section was exactly what I was hoping to use.
regards and thanks,
Jeff

[Draper]

Jeff did you manage to purchase the u shaped rubber as pictured?

[Draper]

Clark rubber u shape worked ok but was a tight fit with laminated glass. Ended up using rubber grease to make it easier to position the glass within the u shape rubber and then manoeuvre it into position on the frame. Hardest part was dealing with the corner L shape brackets and screws whilst positioning the glass .