Windshield removal on 66 - possible to save gasket?

[Rockit]

I believe there is a YouTube video of a guy who takes his window out and saves the gasket and reuses it on the new window. He used a hook tool to work the gasket out, didn't look like it was that hard to get out.

[msg]

Originally Posted by Rockit

I believe there is a YouTube video of a guy who takes his window out and saves the gasket and reuses it on the new window. He used a hook tool to work the gasket out, didn't look like it was that hard to get out.

Not sure if this is the video, but I watched this being done on a 67-72 chevy truck and tried it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOU_0HpS7To

Although in the video they dont mention reusing the gasket they dont cut the gasket out.

So I took a cotter pin removal tool since I didnt have a hook tool and started to pry back a section. Then I took some plastic trim removal tools and gently pushed them into place as I pressed the glass with my hand flat against the glass. After a a few pushes and a few trim removal tools inserted it started to give way.

The one thing I had trouble with was the chrome insert towards the center top in the gasket got pinched against the roof as I was pushing. If I were to have inserted a plastic shim in the center like I was doing on the left side it might have kept the gasket from rising up in that spot and catching the roof.

I got lucky, in the end it all popped out with no damage to the gasket.