Tool for installing windshield seal

[Frank S]

In today's world nearly, if not all windshields, windscreens to those of you who like that term, are glued in place.

I prefer to work on vehicles with a rubber seal to hold the glass in place. These often include the need for a rubber bead called a lock strip that adds pressure to the flanges of the rubber seal.
We took our 89 Mack superliner to get a Texas DOT inspection on it so we could transfer the tittle from out of state then register is with antique or historical plates. It failed due to a stone chip in the passenger windshield that was beginning to develop a migrating crack. Just a chip would have passed as the windshield on the driver's side had a small stone chip and the guy said it would be ok until it begins to show a crack.
I knew a guy who does auto and truck glass for a living located in a not too far distant area. I called him and told him that I needed a Passenger side windshield and installed on an 89 Mack R cab superliner.

I can get you the glass cheap enough but can't install it. don't have the tools or the knowledge to install windows on older equipment and trucks.

Fine the glass arrived a couple days later. Installing this older glass is nothing new to me I've done it many times But same as he I didn't have the lock strip tool, so I made one out of an 8mm box end wrench




with a little liquid Dawn dish soap the install went so quickly I almost forget to get a picture