Windshield Molding - Loose at Top
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OCTOBER 1987
1988 MEDALLION MODELS
DETACHABLE COMPONENTS Attention: Workshop, Parts Department
THIS I.S NOTE HAS BEEN REVISED
LOOSE MOLDING AT TOP OF WINDSHIELD
Some 1988 Medallion models may have a windshield molding that comes loose while driving at highway speeds. This rubber molding loosens as the wind passes over it.
NOTE: This condition may be checked during Pre-Delivery Inspection. Pull at the molding to see if it lifts out of its channel.
Service correction involves inserting a piece of vacuum hose and bonding it in place as described in the following procedure.
FIGURE 1:
PROCEDURE
1. Remove the clip (A) from the center of the upper windshield trim molding (Fig. 1).
2. Disconnect the left and right upper windshield moldings (B).
3. Move the upper windshield moldings down. Move them away from the upper windshield flange as shown (Fig. 1).
FIGURE 2:
4. Remove the secondary molding (C) which holds the upper windshield molding in place (Fig. 2).
5. Carefully clean the upper edge of the windshield (F). Use 3M General Purpose Cleaner, P/N 08984, or equivalent.
6. Mask off the upper edge of the roof panel at the windshield flange. Use masking tape.
7. Apply 3M Super Fast Urethane, P/N 08609, to the upper edge of the windshield (D).
8. Install the secondary molding on the windshield.
9. Measure the gap between the secondary molding and the molding channel.
10. Select a vacuum hose which is one size larger than the molding channel gap.
11. Cut a 71 cm (28 in.) length of vacuum hose.
12. Apply 3M Super Fast Urethane, P/N 08609, to the outside of the vacuum hose at several locations.
13. Center the length of vacuum hose (E) between the upper right and upper left corners of the windshield.
14. Squeeze the vacuum hose (E) into the molding channel.
15. Remove the masking tape from the roof panel.
16. Install the right and left side upper windshield trim moldings into the secondary molding.
FIGURE 1:
17. Apply 3M Super Fast Urethane, P/N 08609, to the center clip (A).
18. Install the center clip into the molding.
19. Secure it in place until the urethane is set.
PARTS INFORMATION
DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PART NUMBER
3M Super Fast URETHANE 1 08609
SRT/TIC INFORMATION
OPERATION DESCRIPTION NUMBER TIME TIC
CO. MOLDING, WINDSHIELD-BOND 0503 0.3 5-581
FILING INSTRUCTIONS
Discard MR 290 I.S. Note 1E, P/N 8980 001 370, from your binder. Record this I.S. Note on page P-81 of MR 290 and file it in the manual.