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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 11 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 11 | Greetings! I got new windlace for my 53 chevy 3600.The ancient windlace in it is original and it hardened to stone. Chipping it off the metal is easy enough ...but does anybody know of any tricks or short cuts to easily get it out of the channel? | | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,059 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,059 | No. There are none. You will be using some creative sentence enhancers with this task. Keep the "sentence enhancer jar" handy.
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | Soak it some with Kerosene. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,168 "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! | | "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,168 | I just got my hose tool/pick and peeled it out of there. Sometimes, if you're lucky, you can still pull big sections out. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 1,094 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 1,094 | Excuse my ignorance. What is windlace? | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,262 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,262 | Windlace goes around the door opening in the cab (supposedly keeping the wind/rain out). Installing the windlace is always more fun that removing it (even if the old windlace has fossilized).
There are two styles of windlace/attachment on A-D trucks: 47-mid49 and mid49-55. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 11 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 11 | Thank you and trust I'm appreciative of your input and advice. Any thoughts about prying the channel open a bit to help? I think I saw a post explaining a little prying helps facilitate installation of new windlace. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 1,094 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 1,094 | Thanks. The "windlace" on my truck has deteriorated to the point it looks like lace. It is on my list of things to do. I have had new doors rubber for 8 months and have not had the chance to install it. I hope to get it on this winter. | | |
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