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What methods have you people found to remove and replace the rear cab corner foam rubber seals in the 1941-1946 trucks?

Where do these seals go? I dont remember any foam rubber seal in that area on my truck, other than the windlace that goes around the door openings.

Thanks for the reply.

I made a sketch showing the whereabouts of this seal. The view is looking down and the seal is shown in red. The seal retainer has a U-shaped cross section and is spot welded to the floor pan. The seal fits into the middle of the "U" and the "U" is squeezed together to retain the seal.

I was basically curious if people were able to pry the retainer apart enough to pull out the old seal and slip in a new one, or if they resorted to drilling out the spot welds holding the retainer in place to remove it and then reinstall it by quickly welding it in place before the foam rubber melts,

That's funny. When I was taking things apart for paint, I found some remnants of some scraggly foam or whatever. I scraped it out. I figured it was something an owner put in there. I could tell it was old because of its condition. Never occurred to me it was supposed to be in there. I'll have to take another look at the plate you describe.

Dennis

Thank you so much for posting. I've been wondering what belongs there in that gap on my 37.