More window seal

[Guinn]

A 1/2 hour job took an hour and a half today. I took the door panel off cleaned everything up, made a new vapor barrier, then removed the top rail. Found that I could have just removed the top rail (4 screws) to get access to the door window seal rivets!!!! Well, the weather was nice, 62 degrees, no rain, so it was pleasant work, anyway.

Save time by doing this job this way if possible. My car is a 78 roadster, earlier cars might be more work.

Guinn

 

[DrEntropy]

The stops at the bottom of the door "should" keep the glass at the upper edge of the seal, but I'd say you lucked out, actually. Congrats!

 

[tony barnhill]

I dunno - I've never been real successful with getting the pop rivets out & then replaced real tightly with the glass in the door...you have to angle your drill to get the old pop rivets out & there's a chance you'll scratch the edge of the glass with it & then, the pop rivet gun goes in at the same angle

I like to remove the glass to do that job

 

[mjamgb]

Funny, my '67 has split rivets there. I thought that was a swell idea. They look like those brads for holding paperwork together but small and less springy.

 

[hottvr]

Dremmel makes a bit that is made for removing pop rivits. It works very well.
Rick

 

[R6MGS]

I've never had a problem removing the pop rivets with the glass in..... Remove door cap....Drill em` out very carefully, then if i remember correctly i installed the new ones using metal screws.

 

[Guinn]

I thought the glass was farther down than necessary but it sure made the job easier. Could the stop have slipped but still be working? I never did see anything that looked like a stop.

Guinn

 

[DrEntropy]

There should be a platform of about two inches square, nearly at the middle of the window with a 1/4"~3/8" pad on it...lots of times the pads are "smooshed" (Tech Term!) or just plain M.I.A. which allows the window to go a bit further down.

 

[tony barnhill]

One of those little yellow sponges your wife keeps in the "flip down thingee" in front of the kitchen sink cut in half & glued to the stop works great

Doc, how do you like that culinary technical term?

 

[kennypinkerton]

I tried to open our flip down thingy, and the panel just popped off... no compartment - hehehehe. Luckily it was held on with spring tabs.

 

[DrEntropy]

When I rebuilt the kitchen cabinetry I used the hinge hardware from two "flip down thingies" to construct USEFUL bins! Left side for waste, right for recycle, and a full-extension drawer under:

Herself needn't get on hands 'n knees to find what's inna back of the "pit"! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[jsneddon]

Borax??? man.. you _are_ old...

 

[jlaird]

You mean the 20 Mule team stuff? Yeehaaaa

 

[kennypinkerton]

Nah, that just means - even though it's easier to get at, the stuff in the back still never gets thrown away - hehehehe /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jester.gif

 

[DrEntropy]

That's in the NEW trade dress... if I were OLD-old I'd have a black, white and red Borax box.

 

[jlaird]

OMG

 

[DrEntropy]

Y'okay Jack?!?! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[jlaird]

We seem to be wandering again. hehe

 

[Nunyas]

hmmmmmm.... it would seem that you _know_ what the "OLD-old" boxes look like.... I on the other hand (in all my "youth") couldn't even remember what a Borax box looked like.... forget about expecting me to know what it's used for! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

 

[DrEntropy]

heheee. There was a time it was a "laundry aid". I use it as a hand cleaner sometimes, and it's THE best thing to keep down fleas. They dry out and shrivel up with contact... roaches 'n other chitinous insects too. A serendipitous side effect /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif