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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,263 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,263 | | | | | | Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 53 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 53 | So you are saying number 1?
Yes I have watched this video a few times and the way he has installed it did not work at all for me, the weather strip is too dense and with the long lip on the outside the weatherstrip will not collapse enough to let the door close enough.
Anyone else??
Thanks.
Ken | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,262 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,262 | Look/listen at 9min 30sec & 11min for orientation of the seal.
Yes, it is your #1.
Nice video, DADS 50. I learned a few "tricks" by watching it. I have two more doors that need weatherstrip. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,059 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,059 | So you are saying number 1?
Yes I have watched this video a few times and the way he has installed it did not work at all for me, the weather strip is too dense and with the long lip on the outside the weatherstrip will not collapse enough to let the door close enough.
Anyone else??
Thanks.
Ken It takes a while for the new seal to squish to the correct shape and allow the door to close without slamming. In the meantime you can avoid having to slam the door by moving the striker outward, then move it in later after the seal has form-fitted to the correct thickness.
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 53 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 53 | There really wasn't an issue of slamming the door, the striker edge of the door was out by a 1/4 inch when the door was pushed in with as much weight as I cared to use on it when I had my weather stripping on like config 1 on my sheet. I just seen a truck with the weather stripping on like config 2 and although it looked a little pressed in there the door was level with the cab.
So let me ask this, when the weather strip is on like config 1 the outer lip (the large one) does it fold in towards the door or does it fold out towards the cab when the door is closed?
Thanks.
Ken | | | | | Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,263 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,263 | There is a cross section view in the assembly manual ...click... I've come across two different styles of weatherstrip from the vendors ...pic... The one on the right was softer. Has a deeper v shape valley | | | | | Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 53 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 53 | DADS50, thanks for the pics they explain a lot, I have the one on the left which I guess is the harder of the two. Everyone thanks for the help to understand this and sorry for any confusion. I did have it on the right way but maybe I didn't have it on straight enough I will give it another try.
Thanks again.
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