Hood to cowl seal question? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

resin addict · 06-11-2004, 10:17 PM

Anybody that has a '55-'59 could someone look at the weatherstrip seal that's at the back of the hood and tell me if the opening faces the front of the truck or if it faces the windshield?
To make it simple, the seal is like an "L" when you're looking at it from the side...I need to know if the "bottom of the "L" (when looking at it from the drivers side) points toward the cab like the "L" shown, or toward the front, as if the "L" is mirrored.

SideStepper · 06-11-2004, 11:59 PM

The weatherstrip in question should be installed so that the bottom of the "L" shape is pointing towards the cab.
When installed in this position, the hood when closed, will sweep the weatherstrip to a sealed position. Thus "L" configuration will changed to a sealed "C" confriguration when the hood is closed.

resin addict · 06-12-2004, 01:24 AM

Thanks!

06-11-2004, 10:17 PM	#1
resin addict Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan Posts: 367	Hood to cowl seal question? Anybody that has a '55-'59 could someone look at the weatherstrip seal that's at the back of the hood and tell me if the opening faces the front of the truck or if it faces the windshield? To make it simple, the seal is like an "L" when you're looking at it from the side...I need to know if the "bottom of the "L" (when looking at it from the drivers side) points toward the cab like the "L" shown, or toward the front, as if the "L" is mirrored. __________________ "I have found little that is good about human beings. In my experience most of them are trash." "In the depths of my heart I cannot help being convinced that my fellow men, with a few exceptions, are worthless."- Sigmund Freud

06-12-2004, 01:24 AM	#3
resin addict Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan Posts: 367	Thanks! __________________ "I have found little that is good about human beings. In my experience most of them are trash." "In the depths of my heart I cannot help being convinced that my fellow men, with a few exceptions, are worthless."- Sigmund Freud

06-11-2004, 11:59 PM	#2
SideStepper Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southern California U.S.A. Posts: 279	The weatherstrip in question should be installed so that the bottom of the "L" shape is pointing towards the cab. When installed in this position, the hood when closed, will sweep the weatherstrip to a sealed position. Thus "L" configuration will changed to a sealed "C" confriguration when the hood is closed.



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