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Re: A '54 named Busty
and the glass was in
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Re: A '54 named Busty
and last we had to put in the vertical felt channel for the big glass, I used some stickem on this, the wrenches were used to press them in and they are just the right thickness to glide through the entire groove
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Re: A '54 named Busty
They look More Better
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ha ha, why thank you, I appreciate that, we were rockin' even got the bottom weather strip metal retainers screwed on with them new fancy teflon or what ever coated screws (we'll see how quick they rust... report at 11)
I tell you what, the details belong to the devil ![]() CAUTION FROM THE FUTURE ME: this proved to be an Epic Failure and a waste of money. I could not get the doors to shut with this weather strip on no matter what I did. I even tried only running it above the windows and still had to push on the doors with both hands while standing outside the vehicle to finally get them to latch, not the way you wanna haul your girls around. Last edited by Gregski; 09-17-2021 at 12:35 AM. |
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Re: A '54 named Busty
Just got back, and saw the vent window rivet compression tool you used. Yep, brought back memories. I went through 2, one per side getting those little suckers compressed properly.
Good JOB!
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I mean those fragile tubular rivets must be made out of Kryptonite, look what they did to my sheet metal brake bar I used as a backing to hammer them down (and that's from Harbor Freight so you know it's gotta be good! and made from unobtainium) |
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Yes, those vent rivets are definitely Kryptonite.
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Re: A '54 named Busty
so Bad News and More Bad News
so, first the Bad News so I hung the passenger door and now it won't shut all the way like it used to, all I get is the first click ![]() now I've heard of this happening, and I did go with the thicker weather strip thinking I got gaps the size of the Grand Canyon to fill, but what is disappointing is how good it used to shut before, I mean you could fling it with your pinky finger and it would close all the way perfectly ![]() |
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... and then this happend!
now I didn't slam the door, so I think maybe I broke it carrying it in and out of the garage to work on it, maybe either way no further updates tonight as I may or not be hydrating if you catch my draft [I mean] drift, and yes I did mount the door before putting the triangle back in but you need the door hung to adjust the thing ma jigs |
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That sucks! Keep the faith and keep moving forward.
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so I woke up this morning had some coffee and decided to look up the price of a new passenger side window
and bam, it's only $90 bucks, no problem, hewk, I might just break the other one for funsies that got me remotived, so I went ahead and popped out both windows the passenger side slid off the track real easy, the driver side fought me all the way which made me want to get it off even more and clean that track properly even more once the windows were out in the wild I noticed an unusual flat spot in the middle of both tracks |
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here's that flat spot on the driver side with the window in the door, it's hard to explain but it just looks like its worn in that area, sorry the pic turned out blurry, you can sort of make out the cleaned up and greased channel
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guys I don't know what the regulator roller ought to look like but I doubt they are supposed to be thin and razor sharp like pizza cutters
I think on modern cars they got white plastic wheels on them like our bedroom closet doors |
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got the driver side door hung, and it also doesn't close all the way - thinking about putting the truck on Craigslist jk
So this proved to be an Epic Failure and a waste of money. I could not get the doors to shut with this thicker 11/16ths weather strip (wonder if the 1/2" would have been better) on no matter what I did. I even tried only running it above the windows and still had to push on the doors with both hands while standing outside the vehicle to finally get them to latch, not the way you wanna haul your girls around. Last edited by Gregski; 09-17-2021 at 09:42 PM. |
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and got the triangle back in and let me tell you, Christ on Crutches getting the bottom 1/2" bolt up the vertical channel was a nightmare, sliced up my forearms real good, and may have even invented some new cuss words
and what's the result? well the window goes up and down with the same resistance as before, so not smooth, so it wasn't the crudy weatherstipping that was binding it as mentioned above I suspect a combination of a worn out window channel and a hellish regulator roller |
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Re: A '54 named Busty
What a PITA!
It's Friday. Do something nice for your girl. Then Karma can help next time you are working on the truck.
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OMG, you read my mind bro, the plan was to have the truck ready and go on our first date night in it tonight to BJ's for some pork chops and Hefefeizen and then see the new Clint Eastwood movie Cry Macho, now that I think about it, it sounds appropriate, ha ha
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Also come good grease in the regulator track helps. Good luck Marc
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Finally finished the the Rusty build yesterday and jumped and finished this one today. Hell of a good job man.
No we have seen a 4.8 ls put in and a 5.3 ls in Busty the only way to top that would be a twin turbo diesel in Dusty think of all the room that has to be filled under that hood!!! |
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Just do it. Don't worry about your first few videos not being great. Just keep at it and they will get better.
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Pay Day = Parts Order
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