Window gaskets

[David register]

2000 c dory 22 cruiser I am having a real tough time finding window gaskets I feel the seaglaze windows were same for a long time a part number shouldn’t be hard but c dory and advantec want pictures etc to match them up were there really that many gaskets and no part numbers kept up with from year to year

 

[thataway]

Perhaps more an issue that not all were Diamond Sea Glaze. Also the 2000 boats were by the "Old C Dory line"--and 2002 to 2007 were on builder (Reynolds) then a period of many different owners of the brand, until the current builder in the late "teens".

What window gaskets are you looking for? That would help-there was also a sliding opening window on the cabin door at one point also. The side windows have a stock material for the track, and "fur" which lines it. The gasket on the opening front window may have varied, but it is a standard material which is cut to length and then applied.

Put the photos of what you need on here, and perhaps one of us can help. Also the dimensions of the gasket--both hight and width, plus length if a side window.

 

[David register]

The sliders seem to be ok it’s the front 3 windows including the one that opens. I also think that windows behind the sliders could use new gaskets. All the gaskets in those windows need replacement after 24 years. I’m sure I can come up with a gasket once I take it out just hate to have windows apart with no gaskets. I was hoping someone had done it before and said here is part number for those windows and where they got it been there done that kinda thing. They are diamond sea glaze windows.

 

[thataway]

Short reply--I don't believe that these windows had "gaskets" in the sense of the front opening window around the periphery or front deck hatch. I am not sure what was used, but it was a butyl compound I believe. The material gets hot, and melts--and runs. If are not leaking, then it is cosmetic. If leaking, the window will. have to be removed, disassembled and then cleaned, bedded as in automotive windshield. I might consider the Dow 795 or similar glazing compound. It would take a lot of cleaning--and I would try one window first.

If you decide to go that way, please post it here, and I will give you some thoughts. It is tricky stuff to use properly. Well worth the effort--and dose not get sticky with sunlight and age.