Hi All
I set the door latches out a little when installing new weather seals and
after a few days of compressing, you can usually tighten the latches back to
normal.
Lee
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Horvath" <alan@alanhorvath.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] door weather stripping
> Brad wrote:
>
> > I just put on new weather stripping on my 58 & now doors will not
> > close. Is there something I have to do to get stripping molded better
> > to close the door?
>
> Hey, Brad
>
> Where did you buy the new rubber from? I had the same problem with my
> 54 ... I think I bought the rubber from LMC Truck, But I'm not
> positive; I need to double check that.
>
> After having so much trouble closing my doors, I took my truck to a guy
> who restores antiques and had him do it. Mistake #2: Now I have the
> opposite problem! I'm getting drafts, wind-noise and my doors are
> rattling.
>
> I'm thinking about ordering new rubber from Chevy Duty (they always
> seem to do things *right*) and doing the whole deal all over ... again.
>
> Alan
> http://AlanHorvath.com/54chevy/
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