Bottom door to cab rubber seal

[Stinger]

I read a number of threads on here regarding the rubber trim piece that goes on the bottom of the door or in some cases, attaches to the cab, that serves as a seal for the bottom of the door and the cab.  I know that it is different for the various years.  I ordered the door seal kit (RW-4855-DS) from dcm for my ‘49 Pilothouse because I need all of the door trim.  My door has holes in it where that trim piece is supposed to mount (see pic).

 

The piece they supplied with the kit has no way to mount to my door.  The bottom seal in that kit is a tube with a flat piece attached to it (see pics below).  I asked dcm about it and they said that in my case, the seal provided was meant to fit in the crease between the rocker sill and the floor.  I have seen pictures that show these as two pieces with bolts or screws to separate them.  Mine is not like that (see pics).

 

So, I thought of a way to modify the seal provided in the kit to mount to the door using the holes in the door.  With sharp scissors and an x-acto knife, I trimmed the excess rubber off the seal and then pushed the wide part of the Y-shaped rubber into the holes with a small flat bladed screwdriver.  I like this solution because it doesn’t require using any messy glue.  The piece looks pretty good and stays in place, although the door is a little harder to close.  Time will tell how well it holds out.

[Merle Coggins]

B1 and B2 cabs used a seal that attached to the door. The seal had clips built in that would snap into those holes in the channel. B3 and B4 cabs had a seal that attaches at the door sill panel. On my truck I ended up getting some sticky backed ‘D’ shaped weather seal at Menards and stuck it into the channel. It seems to work well. The hard part is getting the ends to stay stuck as they wrap around the ends of the doors and there isn’t a lot of material there to hold.