Leaking windshield

[MoparDan]

My windshield was destroyed in a Motel 6 parking lot a few years... I ended up finding a place that would make payments (since the motel, the maid that broke it and the insurance company all refused to pay for it, I'm pretty sure I posted about all that bullshit when it happened ) a guy from the company came out and installed it (breaking half the trim and most of the clips in the process) it's leaked in the right hand corner ever since, and they refused to send someone out to fix unless I paid for it, so I've had to live with that ever since, now it's leaking badly at the top right and occasionally on the left, so the seat and who's ever in passenger seat gets soaked, is there anyway to reseal it without removing the windshield, I've been to every glass place in the area and all say it has to come out and I can't find any place that will do it for under $200. way out of my price range

 

[AMC Diplomat]

you can stuff butyl caulk in there. you can order the fancy butyl windshield sealant stuff from an automotive supplier online

or you can get whatever butyl caulk the local home depot has and pump it in there.

 

[Hayzoos]

I have used clear silicone seal before for windshield leaks. If there is rust, you need to clean it out, treat, and paint or it may rust beyond your repair and leak again. Also, whatever you use do not create an area where water (even worse salt water) can collect. This can easily happen when repairing a top corner.

 

[Oldiron440]

Silicon actually draws water and then causes rust so I would refrain from using it for this purpose. I would recommend using butyl windshield adhesive. At one time you could buy it in small tubes but if you can’t find it maybe a glass sho will sell you the end of a normal size tube. Make sure you tape both the glass and interior that you don’t want this on because it gets everywhere and is hard to get off.

 

[M_Body_Coupe]

If you can not source the butyl stuff in a tube you could try to find actual butyl tape, which is literally a roll of specific diameter butyl material. This is how glass used to be sealed, not sure what model year (for our cars) that changed, but when I was redoing my coupe I had the choice of using either one and the tape was literally a LOT simpler to setup and mount the windshield on (all glass actually).

My idea here being: you can that strip of the butyl tape you need an you literally seal up the section of the windshield where the leak is originating. As others have stated you of course need to clean the channel first.

Heck, I've got at least a full roll here, somewhat aged but I would be happy to cut a good size strip out and send it to you if it's still soft enough to work with & seal correctly. I suspect though that the cost to ship will actually be greater than finding a full butyl tape roll locally!

Here are a few pics of what that actually looked like when I was doing the rear glass.