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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 3,504 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 3,504 | Finally cleaning up the crusty latch mechanism of my floor battery access. It has the remains of the old rubber seal that I’m going to scrape off and replace.
I’m sure the specialty vendors would love to sell me the correct thing. I’m sure I could go find any sort of random weather strip that might work ok. But before I go reinvent the wheel, just figured I’d see what other folks have used in this area.
1951 3100
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 566 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 566 | https://www.ebay.com/itm/383642739433About $11. Delivered. It fits perfect and seals...mine is going on 4 years old. From Bowie Bits... My 2 cents. Todd
1950 Chevy 3100
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 70 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 70 | I used random weatherstrip. I would say that the purpose of this stuff is to keep water, dirt, etc. from the cab. I don't see a reason to spend $11 on something easily substituted for cheap. Just my 2 cents. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 3,504 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 3,504 | I used random weatherstrip. I would say that the purpose of this stuff is to keep water, dirt, etc. from the cab. I don't see a reason to spend $11 on something easily substituted for cheap. Just my 2 cents. That’s exactly what I was aiming at.
1951 3100
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 1,300 Moderator for Tons o' Fun , Co-Moderator Driveline Forum | | Moderator for Tons o' Fun , Co-Moderator Driveline Forum Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 1,300 | I think that 1/4 x 3/4 adhesive backed weather strip would work just fine and would cost less, however, I got the repop seal , part number 43-311 from Classic parts, $3.95 plus shipping. It fits perfectly and I didn't have to spend time cutting to fit or be concerned about the latch working properly because the clearance wasn't correct. I used weatherstrip adhesive to install it and I would imagine you'd need to do the same.
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