door seals
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From: Littleton, New Hampshire
Are they available for Bonus Built trucks? What year is your truck?
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I have a 51 F-1 on the road with a 239, 3 on the tree, a 50 in progress with a 224 and another 49 or 50 totally disassembled. I dont think softseal makes kits specifically for the truck, I just got strips to go around the doors where the stock rubber was too tight.
That may lead to another problem I have. Even though the doors close tight, Ive noticed they rattle and move slightly when going down the road. The hinges and pins are tight but not perfect. There is a slight movement of the door and the cab surely flexes too. I wonder if anyone has solved this problem with bear claw latches.
That may lead to another problem I have. Even though the doors close tight, Ive noticed they rattle and move slightly when going down the road. The hinges and pins are tight but not perfect. There is a slight movement of the door and the cab surely flexes too. I wonder if anyone has solved this problem with bear claw latches.
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From: Las Vegas NV
I have a 51 F-1 on the road with a 239, 3 on the tree, a 50 in progress with a 224 and another 49 or 50 totally disassembled. I dont think softseal makes kits specifically for the truck, I just got strips to go around the doors where the stock rubber was too tight.
That may lead to another problem I have. Even though the doors close tight, Ive noticed they rattle and move slightly when going down the road. The hinges and pins are tight but not perfect. There is a slight movement of the door and the cab surely flexes too. I wonder if anyone has solved this problem with bear claw latches.
That may lead to another problem I have. Even though the doors close tight, Ive noticed they rattle and move slightly when going down the road. The hinges and pins are tight but not perfect. There is a slight movement of the door and the cab surely flexes too. I wonder if anyone has solved this problem with bear claw latches.
I have the same problem with my driver side door.The whole door bounces up and down and it makes this rubbing deep noise,so I looked at my hinges and they were tight but the top hinge (where the pin is)was loose.
The PO had replaced the stock pin with a bolt so there was play on it.
I just put a slightly bigger bolt on it tonight that fit tight(i didnt force it),no more play.
I will let you know if that fixed the problem.
If your pin holes are stretched I am sure you can either put a sleeve in or redrill the hole and put a bigger bolt like I did.
Do you know the part number for the door seals????
I went to their site and did a search and it came back with no results.
Thank you
Seth
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I had ordered hallow door seal from Mid-fifty last December.....they got Back ordered......and to date their vendor has not supplied them with any and they don't know when he will. Sac Vin Ford: same thing. I wound up just getting the regular solid ones.
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From: Waleska, GA
So skip the solid seals and go for the hollow seals?
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From: Pflugerville, tx
the hollow seals are fabulous!..
I put them on my 55 last summer.. amazing.
seems there is a problem getting the ones for the 56's now..
sam
I put them on my 55 last summer.. amazing.
seems there is a problem getting the ones for the 56's now..
sam
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When I used to build kit cars in the 80's I used the hollow version seals on all the cars, I could get it in rolls un precut. I wonder if it is still available in that form today? If I remember I think it came in 16 foot rolls. You just installed it and then trimmed off what you didn't need. Never had a problem with it not fitting. I can't remember the name of the supplier.
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From: Pflugerville, tx
When I used to build kit cars in the 80's I used the hollow version seals on all the cars, I could get it in rolls un precut. I wonder if it is still available in that form today? If I remember I think it came in 16 foot rolls. You just installed it and then trimmed off what you didn't need. Never had a problem with it not fitting. I can't remember the name of the supplier.
Sam
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From: WEWAHITCHKA FL.
AIR TIGHT
I have had to seals on for a while and they work good now SO GOOD that i have to crack the window to get the door to shut . I must have did something right. LOL
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I looked for a part number but couldn't find the old receipt. I agree, the help at soft seal is not helpful. I found a small piece in the garage. It is foam rubber, has a 1/2" wide flat with a self adhesive orange peel off tape, the height is 1/2" and round, the hollow area is round about 3/16".
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From: WEWAHITCHKA FL.
paint supply
Check with your local auto paint supply store for the hollow seals. The one in panama city fl. has all kinds of auto stuff. I got the clips that hold the chrome on the hood there and i saw all kinds of auto stuff.
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From: 50 miles west of Chicago
On my 50 I need door seals as mine are hard and breaking apart. It appears that hollow seals are the best but who do I get them from if they are avaiable? if they are not available where do I get the seals that go around my doors?
thanks
jim
thanks
jim
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From: WEWAHITCHKA FL.
seals
check with classic haulers