I recently had my 2019 Mustang Convertible serviced due to the driver window chattering while driving. zI was told that a sensor in the car was defective and it was replaced. Yesterday was a beautiful day so I put the top down for the first time since the repair and at speed there was a flapping noise. The gasket at the top of the windshield where the top fits when closed was flapping. It was not secured in the middle but only at the edges. This was not the case previously. Does the gasket get glued down or did the technician forget to replace some sort of mounting bracket?

I hate to take it back in the shop if I can fix it by myself.

Thank you

 

Yes. No. Maybe. I don't know, to be honest. But I can give ya some help anyway, as it's what I'd probably do if I had the similar situation.

So the thing is that I went to Lakeland Ford Parts to get a diagram, and from what I can see, the weatherstrip part is laid on the top of the A frame, and there's a few pins around the anchor holes that get pressed in to the panel. The weatherstrip then comes down the A pillars and is pinned into place as well, I believe. Can't be sure, but I'm sure, it's what they do, mostly. There may or may not be glue involved to help it stay, but even if there's not, it's still the answer: Get the some gorilla snot and sneak a bit under the weatherstrip where needed. Tada and stuff, no more flappin' and it works just fine afterwards.

You might ask what's gorilla snot? This:
https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/b40069421/

That right there is THE stuff. You can get it in black if you want, but that's not gorilla snot, that's just nasty. Also, don't be confused with the product what's actually called Gorilla Snot, that's for your hair. Gross.

Anyway. You can fix it and that's just do whatever's needed to make it happen, captain. I myself would try to stick some on a small flat frozen pop stick (you can get these a hobby places, very handy, both small and large tongue depressors are available) and then slide it under the weatherstrip and panel to adhere it to where needed. You'll wanna keep the parts away from each other for a little bit of time while the glue sets up some, so I'd also use them depressors as spacers, then stick the parts together, done.

Hope that helps, and good luck!

 

Houtex -

Thank you for the reply and the suggestion. I will get some Gorilla Snot. I just hope he doesn't hurt me when I wipe his nose! :-)