wanted to wine a little (whine ?) took the beast out hauling yard waste to the dump ..she runs fine ,every thing seems to work..mostly ..but while at thedump someone slammed my drivers door shut ..try to stop someone from snagging it I think ..and the window fell inside !!! with the window winder hanging out the bottom...so it's a tad cold right now ..didn't realize I had to learn body repair ..thank's I fell better now ..any one else slam a door and break something ?

 

On the rough roads where I live, one doesn't have to slam anything to wreck the door glass. There always seems to be one or two broken ones in my fleet. Fixing them is one of my LEAST favorite tasks in the world of old trucks. Why can't the whole inner door skin be removable instead of just a minimal access panel? I feel your pain.........

 

Hey, I just realized when I saw your avatar, you are the guy that's getting my 17.5s. When you sending a runner?

 

Slightly on/off topic. Couple of years ago I went to a local car show/swap meet. It had a lot of various makes/models/year there. I had a 53 F350 there up for sale. Most of the people there showed respect and asked if they could get inside, etc. to check things out. One of the issues I had though was almost everyone LOVED to slam the dang doors. Guess there is something in the human mind that equates quality with that "thud". Well late in the day I had a buyer interested in the truck. After reaching the deal he got into the truck and slammed the door shut. The door glass jumped out of the channel and fell inside the door cavity. I could hear the glass shattering. All I could do is shake my head. Being the great guy he is (I later made friends with him), he just hung his head and shook his head.

I have modern vehicles that have ten times the window issues than these old trucks. There are so many working/moving parts in doors that they are prone to issues. Because of poor design or safety, most of them are a pain to access the window parts. Just hang in there Ken.

 

Everyone slams the door on my trucks when they get out. I think that the reason most fo the parts trucks I've had had broken door windows. I don't know people have the need to slam the doors, they don't slam the door on my daily driver.

I've only broken one window by slamming the door of a vehicle. It was on a newer off topic car. In the same incident I also broke my hand, it was hot, late and I was in a hurry. Long story of stupidity on my part.

 

as soon as we can get the ferry timing ,money and a day over ..Deric has his passport but we need a truck ,real truck .he drives a Jeep cj and I dont think he can hall more the 3 tires at a time.. how much lead time do you need ??I am hopeing to get him down there before x-mass...

 

The window roller attaches to a stud on the window regulator (winder), then fits into the window channel.

The roller breaks, the window falls down inside the door.

 

and the rusted away channels held in place with coat hanger wire arn't helping either ..

 

Coat Hanger!!!????? Don't be using those fancy things on the truck windows. lol Everyone knows that duct tape is all that is need for proper window repair. Coat hangers are for exhaust and muffler fixes.

 

don't think they had duct tape when this was last fixed !! the po told me he restored it back in the 80s ...now that I have had her for a while ..the lust has cleared and I can see clearly now ...the bondo ..concreat filler ..body rot ..cracks in the doors ,2 inch layer of creat'in the truck bed ..and you guy's with your lackered hardwood floors and beu'tifull flatdecks ..and all steel fenders ......sorry ..just realised I gotta quit wasting time driveing and get my butt in gear ..and get the parts that have been offered and fix this mistress