TIPS on Vent window seal install.

[vanrj1]

I am repalcing vent window seals and can't get the rubbur into the channels. Any tips on getting them in without poking a hole.

 

[MoparMitch]

I used lubricant , like WD40, CRC , or PB Blaster to lube the rubber with first. Then ,in places where it was tight , I used a small 1/4 drive socket and extension with a rubber mallett to drive into place. Hope that helps.

 

[eagleone1983]

Used petroleum jelly here and one of those clamps that have the rubber jaws and trigger that makes them tighter, don't know the actual name for it. For the tight rounded corner I stuck the handle end of a screwdriver in there sideways and clamped down.

 

[MoparMitch]

Hey , Eagleone. Your car looks like mine !!! LOL

 

[Jasoncoronet]

Just use baby soap and water mix it in a spray bottle. Just like a cap or two full thats it to a full spray bottle. Then use a plastic spacke knife. On the spackle blade sand it to take off the sharp edge. By the way the baby soap water mixture you will find 100 different uses for it.

 

[vanrj1]

Just use baby soap and water mix it in a spray bottle. Just like a cap or two full thats it to a full spray bottle. Then use a plastic spacke knife. On the spackle blade sand it to take off the sharp edge. By the way the baby soap water mixture you will find 100 different uses for it.

I was thinking soap over a petroleum based product which can deteriorate rubber, at least I read that somewhere......Thanks

 

[eagleone1983]

oops if you did I guess I'm in trouble then.

68chicken, your car/restoration thread has made mine a lot easier to reassemble. To bad we don't live closer would be cool to see two different years but the same car side by side.

 

[RustyRatRod]

First off, you need to lay it out in the sun.....preferrably on a black or dark colored car. Let it get good and soft for a few hours and then do the install.

 

[vanrj1]

First off, you need to lay it out in the sun.....preferrably on a black or dark colored car. Let it get good and soft for a few hours and then do the install.

I wonder if that will work when it is only 35° outside.....lol

 

[MarPar]

^^^ yep. 27* up here yesterday...

 

[HT413]

First off, you need to lay it out in the sun.....preferrably on a black or dark colored car. Let it get good and soft for a few hours and then do the install.

Never done this with body rubbers, but back in my model building and RC car days I used to put things in an oven set at 120 degrees. A old trick is to put the plastic / rubber piece in a bowl of water so it can only get has hot as the water, rather than getting singed from being too close to a burner, etc.

 

[RustyRatRod]

I wonder if that will work when it is only 35° outside.....lol

Probably not too well. Hair drier maybe? Heat gun even?