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I have just picked up a 36 Chevy 1/2 ton about 80% done. The cab work and doors are rough so i am starting there. I am sure that everyone has had an issue with doors and weather seals - can I get some suggestions? thanks - eds36

Welcome Ed, also from Ontario. I did my weather seals just a few months ago, not a 36, but likely similar procedure. I took the doors off, laid them on a table, inside up. I had the rubber seals and the gasket glue, put a bead of glue on the door, left it for about 10 minutes and began applying the seals. Stayed with it and re-stuck it if it worked loose. After 15 minutes, it held and stayed put, wasn't all that difficult. There is an excellent tech tip by Alan Horvath, link is at the top of the page.

Because this is the welcome centre, you could also ask in a different forum, such as interiors. Good luck!

Leo

On the '37 trucks, the weather seal is mounted to the cab, not the doors. Its not a very good seal, but it does do something. You should have some stamped sheet metal around the top and latch side of the cab held on with screws. It looks sorta like the strips in the bed only smaller. The weather strip is material covering some rubber bead material. The flat part or sewn part of the seal is held in place by the strips of steel with the bulb right at the edge. The hinge side of the door is the same stuff only held on a little different. It mounts to the door using the door panel and the front section of the window frame. Across the bottom is a rubber blade seal the rides along the door a few inches up from the bottom mounted to the cab as well.

If yours is a low cab '36 it will be the same as this.

Joe

Leo - thanks for the ideas
Joe - what you describe seems to be what I have, just one more question - what did you use to make the seal - i hace found a flat strip of rubber that has a 5/8 bubble on the end and the bottom rubber blade you describe. thanks again - Ed

I used this one only in black,

Filling Station

Joe

Hi Eds 36, Please be aware that there were 2 models in 36 as Joe mentions-- a high cab and a low cab (the later or 36 1/2 model). The high cab has 3 hinges-- low cab has 2. I don't know if there is a difference in the mounting of the strips but there will be a difference in the lenght of material needed.
Good luck.

Thanks - I have a low cab - 2 hinges and it appears to have a small chop to the top.

Ed

If it appears to have a small chop to the top, it may be a 37-38 cab. The 37-38 cab was a little shorter the the 36-1/2 (36 2nd Series) cab, not much but some and it is hard to tell them apart unless equiped with the parts that actually identify the year. In either case, that is the correct weather strip, actually called "windlace".
I starts at the bottom of the door jamb, by the floor, on the lock side of the door and is held in place by the pieces that look like miniture bed steel strips, around the top of the door to the top of the windshield post where it switches to the door itself. It goes to the bottom of the door and is held in place by the door window trim, above, and the door panel on the bottom. The windlace must be installed loose enough to allow the door to close. When the door is closed, it fills the space between the cab and the door and does a surprisingly good job of keeping the weather out and the cab fairly quiet.