Happy Fourth - I Need Some Help

[Don Jordan]

I know everyone is out with the family doing hot dogs and beer. Silly me. I'm in a 100° garage trying to figure out how to put on the weather strip around the door. The stuff I got from Steele looks different but it looks like it should work. I just thought I'd check before I screw it up. Is there a right way and a wrong way? I've got a 50 - 50 chance.

I may have bitten off more than I can chew but even I can learn. The black pix is the one I'm putting on the blue is the one I'm using for an example.

hope all had a good fourth and it wasn't too hot or too wet. (I'm not sure where that would be)

[Don Jordan]

Just as a side note. I've been taking to door apart and saw what looks like a wasp nest. It's an old car from the desert.

[knuckleharley]

Just as a side note. I've been taking to door apart and saw what looks like a wasp nest. It's an old car from the desert.

Not wasps,"dirt daubers". Black flying insects that don't sting and made nests out of mud. I'm surprised you would see them in a desert car because they rely on mud for their nests.

 

They are a huge problem here in eastern NC. I once had a 71 Ford pu I only used occasionally for hauling trash. I could let it sit for a month,and it wouldn't spin over 3 times before firing up. Went to start it one day and cranked the battery down without it even hitting. When I pulled the breather off the carb to see if it was pumping gas,the whole damn big factory breather was packed full of dirt dauber nests. The truck wouldn't start because it wasn't getting any air.

 

They also cause a lot of rust where the nests are because they stay moist inside.

[Mark Haymond]

It is a job that requires patience. I used contact cement, applying a trail on the door frame and on a two foot section of the rubber weatherstrip. Waited until it got tacky, and carefully pressed on the rubber. Then did another two feet. If I tried to do it all at once the weather strip had too many feet of sticky coil surface and wanted to stick to itself or the floor or upholstery. Go slow and you will like the results.

[Mark Haymond]

Clarification. I cemented two feet at a time on the long weatherstrip around each door. (I did not cut it into two foot lengths.)

[mayflower48]

This link might be of help.  It will show you the steps to apply weather stirpping.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffFBlft1oGw

[Don Jordan]

Excellent!!!! Thank you. That was very helpful. I found it interesting that Steele Rubber played a part in the video. Steele is where I got my weather stripping. I also got the rubber for around the wind wing. This is a real learning experience for me. I've got so much taken apart I just hope I can remember how it all goes back. I've been taking lots of pictures. Whoever had the car before me painted all the garnish molding with a rattle can. I've been striping them down to bare metal. Then new rubber, new paint. This is getting to be a lot like work.

I wish to offer, again, my thanks for all your help and input. I didn't realize how much I depend on this forum until the time I couldn't get on. Wow! Eye opening experience.