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Windshield Hinge Leak

From 1975 Ford Bronco “EB eB SOLD” — documented by Steve83.

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1975 Ford Bronco - The last big rain leak is this hinge. Water drips onto the pedals, and although all this RightStuff has slowed it down, it's not stopped. S… 1975 Ford Bronco - The last big rain leak is this hinge. Water drips onto the pedals, and although all this RightStuff has slowed it down, it's not stopped. S… 1975 Ford Bronco - The last big rain leak is this hinge. Water drips onto the pedals, and although all this RightStuff has slowed it down, it's not stopped. S… 1975 Ford Bronco - The last big rain leak is this hinge. Water drips onto the pedals, and although all this RightStuff has slowed it down, it's not stopped. S… 1975 Ford Bronco - The last big rain leak is this hinge. Water drips onto the pedals, and although all this RightStuff has slowed it down, it's not stopped. S… 1975 Ford Bronco - The w/s frame has to go forward & up slightly to fold down onto the hood, and so the roof has to be lifted. That means accessing these bolt… 1975 Ford Bronco - The w/s frame has to go forward & up slightly to fold down onto the hood, and so the roof has to be lifted. That means accessing the bolts… 1975 Ford Bronco - The w/s frame has to go forward & up slightly to fold down onto the hood, and so the roof has to be lifted. That means accessing these bolt… 1975 Ford Bronco - The Dynamat above the front headliner hasn't sagged a bit in the past ~year. The foam strips near the wiper are to hold the headliner tight… 1975 Ford Bronco - The Dynamat above the front headliner hasn't sagged a bit in the past ~year. The foam strips near the wiper are to hold the headliner tight… 1975 Ford Bronco - I removed the rear window trim, bedwall panels, front headliner, dash pad, visors, wiper cover, wiper motor, & all the roof bolts, but I le… 1975 Ford Bronco - Even without the wiper motor, it's pretty heavy. I should have removed the wiper arms & set a board on the pad for the shafts. 1975 Ford Bronco - Even without the wiper motor, it's pretty heavy. I should have removed the wiper arms & set a board on the pad for the shafts 1975 Ford Bronco - I was able to loosen the camper shell enough to lay the windshield down without having to lift the shell off. 1975 Ford Bronco - There's a lot of dirt on the lower hinge plate, but the real problem is between that plate & the top of the firewall. 1975 Ford Bronco - There's a lot of dirt on the lower hinge plate, but the real problem is between that plate & the top of the firewall. 1975 Ford Bronco - After removing the dash & suspending it from the roof, I unbolted the hinge and shifted the frame forward enough to clean all this dirt out… 1975 Ford Bronco - After removing the dash & suspending it from the roof, I unbolted the hinge and shifted the frame forward enough to clean all this dirt out… 1975 Ford Bronco - After a thorough cleaning, I applied steel building putty (tacky tape) to each bolt hole, and RightStuff around the perimeter of the hinge… 1975 Ford Bronco - Even with the sealant below the hinge, water was still getting behind the hinge from the top, and building up in the trough high enough to… 1975 Ford Bronco - Even after all that, the (relatively new) windshield gasket was still leaking. And in the process of installing the new one, the original w…