Can you *see* the water coming in?

I my 144 is suppose to have a rubber gasket. When I
got it the window was glued in with the butyl rope and clip
on trim. It leaked like crazy. I could see the water
coming in and it was totally obvious.

I pulled out the glass, scraped the crap off and put
a rubber gasket in without any glue or even the aluminum
trim. It leaks a little tiny bit in very heavy rain and
I am sure that either window gasket glue or the aluminum
trim would get rid of even that little tiny leak.

Does yours have the butyl rope + cliped on trim + plastic
skirt inside? If it does, it is likely that something was
done incorrectly in the initial installation and the water
is coming in under the outer trim, past the butyl rope,
and under the plastic skirt inside. From there it can
drip down the inside of the dash and drip onto your lap
anywhere. The butyl rope on my 144 had been incorrectly
put in place and in the top right side there as a 1/8th
gap between the rope and the car. There was also a lot
of other calk everywhere in a vain attempt to staunch the
flow of water.

What kind of shape was the paint / metal like under the
trim / gasket when you pulled out the old glass? On my 68
there were little drains in the bottom corners of the
windshield hole. One had been painted over but the other
was intact.

chris