The rubber seal on the front windshield has been shot for years. It was so bad that leakage on the sides caused water damage on the main wood dashboard, and the two smaller wood pieces below that hold the vent levers, to the point that I picked up replacement parts from a fellow Pontoneer.
To get the windshield out, basically I just have to take a flathead screwdriver and pop the seal away in pieces. In the above photo you can see where the seal has cracked and separated in some places, and on the top left, where I've already snapped a part of it away. A few more minutes of attacking the formerly-rubber seal and the windshield comes free.
No more windshield.
The removed windshield, still with a fair bit of the seal remaining. Next task is to get the trim out in one piece.
The seal remnants are so brittle that it's just a matter of picking it off piece by piece.
Windshield and surrounding trim. The trim itself is in good shape, with the exception of a fairly large notch along the bottom, near the middle. I imagine this is thanks to a rock some years ago. If I can find a replacement piece for a good price, I may just replace it.
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