'85 rear window replacrement
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'85 rear window replacrement
I need to replace my back window (tree limb vs. glass - limb wins...)
A couple of questions: what years will fit an '85? any tricks to installing the new one? thx.
A couple of questions: what years will fit an '85? any tricks to installing the new one? thx.
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From: Toronto Canada
'85 rear window replacrement
I'm pretty sure that anything up to when the cab was substantially redesigned will fit your truck (when was that? '94?, '95?). Probably even after that for a rear window. Ford rarely throws the baby out with the bath water, so certain things migrate through the model years. I never really paid attention to the model year changes since I already own a PERFECT truck. I found a sliding window in an '88 which popped right into my old '84 and although I have a '90 with the factory slider, it doesn't look any more challenging.
I did it from the inside (lazy, - had my cap on) by gently prying the rubber channel with a couple of slot screwdrivers. The rubber channel just a press fit over the sheet metal of the cabs rear panels. A little silicone spray probably would have eased the re-installation but once again, the lazy side won and I just levered the channel back with the "new" window.
Naturally, if you massacre the rubber channel, the chances are pretty good that you will have water leakage around the rubber frame, so be patient while you are doing the job. I still have the old window and rubber channel buried deep in the garage (in case I get attacked by a tree). If you are in the Toronto, Ontario region, you can have my old window for free and I will just stay away from trees.
Ian Jay
I did it from the inside (lazy, - had my cap on) by gently prying the rubber channel with a couple of slot screwdrivers. The rubber channel just a press fit over the sheet metal of the cabs rear panels. A little silicone spray probably would have eased the re-installation but once again, the lazy side won and I just levered the channel back with the "new" window.
Naturally, if you massacre the rubber channel, the chances are pretty good that you will have water leakage around the rubber frame, so be patient while you are doing the job. I still have the old window and rubber channel buried deep in the garage (in case I get attacked by a tree). If you are in the Toronto, Ontario region, you can have my old window for free and I will just stay away from trees.
Ian Jay
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