Working Man's Burbon

['68OrangeSunshine]

Yeah, the 'old injun trick' of using Butyl Rubber, painting it with common 30 weight oil and letting it set up, almost instantly, is a lost art. There are some old salts that still have some rubber sheets or know what to substitute, but they hide.
In 2006, I was in the PHX area working on a big production with a lot of exploding cars. The Shoot had a local glass company that did all their auto glass. I was running the '71 Jimmy as my vehicle for that location. [I live in Tucson.] I got a Repair Order from the Chandler PD for a cracked windshield, so I called them. They were delighted to fix the windshield for my insurance, and even comped me a $50 gift card. The PO had included the uninstalled stainless DeLuxe windshield trim. These guys took two attempts [first time with the wrong rubber gasket] but once they found a 71/72 Precision gasket their install was flawless. One or two guys -- right there at the Chandler location hard-set I was working at.
So two weeks later my Drivers Side window cranking broke. There was a Classic Truck parts store in Phoenix, called Grumpy's [no relation to our Departed Brother] and I got a LH Window Regulator over the counter. About the same money as LMC. Same quality too. I did the install myself. [Knuckle scraper as I recall.] Then the Window glass fell out. I called the Glass Shop for rubber sheets. They told me nobody did the Oiled Rubber trick anymore, but they had a glass team on standby at the Mill where the production was modifying picture cars, and to ask them. I taxied over to that part of the production [Different operations were dotted all over the Phoenix valley] and those guys gave me a tube of putty colored glue. ''Tape the window in the UP position for 24 hours'' was their command. So I glued the base of the Drivers window glass into the bracket strip, and taped the top of the glass with 2'' blue 3M masking, and didn't move it for 24 hours.
Thing was, it was Friday, and I had Saturday off but in Phoenix in August with 116*. I went to visit a college buddy in West Phoenix -- I was based in Mesa -- and even on the freeway, it was excruciating.
With the Rubber/Oil it would have set up immediately, and I could have rolled my near window down.
Now the driver side Vent Window on the Jimmy just flops. I think the compression nut fell off the tensioning spring inside, but I'd have to tear it apart just to check.
For the interim, I use the Hill Billy expediant of hooking a bunji cord around the latch handle and hooks in the window channel. Only a hassle when you have to fully secure the truck. But those ''refreshed'' vent windows are running about $300 a pop. And you need two.

[HO455]

I replaced the rubber seals on my Burban's wing windows about the same time I did the roller replacement. So far they are still working but, I rarely open them. It wasn't too bad of a job to do just took some time. Definitely worth doing if the repops are $300 a side.

Since I had the door panels off I decided to take my earlier water migration steps a bit farther. Here is a link for more information on that.

https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=798102

The first photo shows where I left the doors back then. What I did this time is to seal the rest of the smaller holes with waterproof sealing tape which has held up well on the holes I previously used it on back in 2019. Photo #2 shows the hole covered by the tape from the inside of the door.

In addition I have taped a piece of 8mil plastic over the big hole and left it loose on the bottom edge but tucked inside the door. The plastic's lower edge is about 1-1/2" below the bottom of the hole. This should prevent the majority of moisture from getting between the door and door panel. Any moisture that does get past then should be channeled back inside and not overwhelm the factory drain holes.

When I reinstalled the panels I repeated the process used last time and put a bead of latex caulking on the factory seal just give me peace of mind that the seal was water tight.

That pretty much sums up the door panel and rear interior panel renovation. I'm sure I forgot to mention something and I know I forgot to get photos of the covering of the rear panels. I don't believe that mentioned that I painted the wood before covering.

[HO455]

Some more photos of the installed panels. Now I really need to get some thing to cover those wheel wells! And repaint the latches something other than Detroit Diesel green!

[LockDoc]

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That all looks good. Glad to see you are keeping the motivation level up...
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[HO455]

Originally Posted by LockDoc

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That all looks good. Glad to see you are keeping the motivation level up...
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Thanks Doc! Every time I see a new truck I'm motivated to keep working the WMB!