1ST Gen WindShield gasket

I got 1 from Arrow head truck parts and it fits the opening perfectly, One of you guys gave me the info ! I havent installed the windshield yet tho. Thats my disclaimer..lol

I bet you brothers just took the part number listing for a G 10 from N.A.G.S. (which is listed wrong) and they belive it is right. But it is actually for a 67 to 70 van.

NAGS is the "national auto glass specifications" that many supliers use when buying and selling parts. Thats why many will tell you they have a listing for the 65 and 66 but they don't know they are giving you the WBL693 gasket for the 2nd gen.

Somebody here might contact brothers and tell them, or find out thier source part number to conferm.

When I bought mine from the weatherstrip connection I went through this BS with the sales guy who insisted he had the listing and I had to tell him I didn't want his listed part number , I gave him the WBL653 number and told him thats what I want, he gave me the "well I can't return it if its wrong" routeen.

M1D

Don, as I remember, "a little long" means; when installed on the glass it feels and looks to be about one or so inches to long maybe. It is loose enough to just about fall off the glass in a couple spots, but stays on the glass all around.

But not looking like what you have there; yours is clearly about 5 or 6 inches too long and is falling off in some spots.

M1D

Don, is the first picture the gasket you got from the truck and car shop?

the windshield rubber i got i didn`t have to trim or cut, just
worked the excess around the glass before taping to glass, let
set for a while then installed into the van with a length of rope
in the grove the steel lip fits into.
here is the website address classicparts.com.
they are located in Riverside Missouri, and they will ship you one,
I paid 29.99 for mine. I would not cut the rubber and try to glue it
togeather. Rubber shrinks with time. the gap in the bottom of
all the old ones are proof of that, don`t cut it,
massage in into place just takes a little time.

Don; maybe you guys are not understanding what I said earlier in this stream.

From my research; most of these auto part supliers and glass shops order thier stuf by part number listing. Many order through Precision and they all use the N.A.G.S part number listings (National Auto Glass Specificationss) and then like Brothers attach thier own part number to the product.

Unfortunatly the N,A,G,S, llistings are wrong and shows a gasket (we know to be a 2nd gen gasket) NAGS claims it as being for the 65-69 G10 van. In other words they all think they have the gasket for the 65 or 66 by part number listing but we can see by the N.A.G.S. part number that it is in fact a 2nd gen gasket.

What I am saying is what ever your part suplier is telling you about the gasket he suplys is based in wrong imformation comming right from the manufacturer.

You need to order the gasket by part number and not vehicle application.

The "WBL653" is the one that fits the 1st gen without cutting.

I even had to argue with the guy at Weatherstrip connection to get him to order the part number I wanted, he insisted I was wrong because his listing told him the 65 G10 used the WBL693 .He was so stuck in a world of his part listing being Gosple and couldn't think outside of his little box that he agressivly told me there would be NO Returning the gasket if it didn't fit .

Unfortunatly, many of these part supliers have no way of knowing the listing they used to purchase the part is incorect, and they unkowingly trasnfer the mistake on to the consumer.

When visiting your suplier, try to find out where he got the part from and what his supliers part number was?? Eventually down the chain of middle men you are going to find the "WBL" number of the part from its origine ,and thats where you will find the N.A.G.S. number listing that is incorrect.

Anyways; if you get the right gasket you wont have to cut it and it is about $28

M1D

Look at this catalog at Restoration Specialties. They list a windshield gasket for our vans:

http://www.restorationspecialties.com/2009%20Catalog%20ebook/2009%20Catalog%20ebook.pdf

This is a very long catalog! Look on page 58 to see their kits for all our other window rubber too. You can look in different sections to see various cross sections of the seals but I assume they've pulled together everything for these kits.

Has anyone ordered from this place?

I Googled the number and found a few places that sell them for $31.00
but it shows 10 different truck models so I think a phone call is the best choice. Maybe we can get someone that can actually help. These days it's just punch a number into the computer and what you see is what you get.

http://frugalmechanic.com/auto-part/precision-parts-wbl653--precision-parts-c371305-windshield-weatherstrip?p=g25_50&gclid=CJPfr57izaICFSKkiQodnAq1xg

Well there is lots of confusion for sure. That resotoration specialties list does show the correct number for 67 tp 70 van and a different number for 64-66 vans. I would have some confadence in that, at least they recognise the two different gaskets.

All I can tell you for for sure is I recieved the part number " WBL653" gasket and it fit the my 65 without cutting.

M1D

I'm not sure where my gasket came from but I am off the belief that they are all made by these people anyway.

http://www.prp.com/

M1d

Don(or Bill) i'm looking for a windshield gasket for my 68. if you want to get rid of one of your growing supply of "not 1st gen van" ones. Then well know if it fits a 2nd gen