Hey kids,

Anyone have experience/opinions about rear window seal from LMC? I just got a replacement slider window from a 1990 truck to put in my 73. My truck has an original slider, but the existing seal is shot before I pull it out.

I know the new window will fit, but LMC doesn't list a sliding window or seal for my year, so I'm wondering if anyone had good or bad experience with the later model window OR the quality of the seal from LMC....

Help always appreciated,
John

 

I just changed my slider seal on my 73. Got replacement from LMC part number 49-9286 and it fit but it wasn't molded for the corners of the opening so that made it difficult to get installed but it worked. Use lots of soapy water or some sort of lube to get it in. LOL That's what she said. LOL

 

 

hehe... hehe... hehe...

Thank you sir, that's exactly the kind of information I was looking for. Guess I'll find out for myself when it gets here. In the meantime, a-tinting I will go...

 

There was a poster on here that had a bad time with LMC, think it was a case of him getting the wrong seal, was replaced with same wrong seal. Think it was about 6 months ago.

 

Fer the lubricant, I used a food grade silicone lubricant. That way I could lick my fingers when I was done... GIT-R-DONE

 

Now dats funni right dare. I dont cer who ya are. Dats funni.

 

I asked that same question to the guy who replaces glass in our fleet and heavy equipment. He said straight up Dennis Carpenter NOT LMC. Carpenter has all the molds from Ford and they are made in the USA. As for LMC I used there seals on 2 66 F-100's I did years ago and they were not as good as the Carpenter seals I used on a 64 I did a few years earlier

 

Damifiknow:

OK, so the new seal is here, and I see instantlywhat you mean about not being molded for the corners. That's the second headache when it comes to installing this rubber, the first one is that there is nothing indicating which is the inside of the seal vs. the outside. The cross-section of the rubber doesn't appear to be symmetrical,so installation direction is obviously going to matter....

Any hints? Thanks

 

Can you post a picture?

Sometimes gaskets have a sealant groove on the side that goes in.

 

I figured it out, have it installed on the window frame now. Only thing is, if anything it seems a little loose to me, but I won't know for certain until I get to installing it in the truck. That'll be Sunday since the little woman is using the truck tonight and tomorrow.

Thanks for your input though...

 

I now avoid LMC's soft rubber and plastic products. Whatever rubber formulation they use doesn't hold up to heat and UV. I ordered some fender/cab seals and they have literally cracked and fallen apart under their own weight after three years. Lesson learned.

Dennis Carpenter is the choice for repro seals.
Second is National Parts Depot (they get lots of stuff from DC) and sometimes at a better price.

 

Heat and UV shouldn't be much of an issue in San Diego....

Looks like I'm all in already for this go-around, guess I'll just have to deal with the consequences when it happens.

Seems like a definite consensus against LMC rubber products, I suppose you get what you pay for, time will tell

 

I'm in the east bay of the SF Bay Area. Not too dissimilar from SD and you get more sunny on the average.

Tick-tock-tick-tock..... keep an eye on it.

 

Yeah, only 95 deg at my house today, blech! Whole reason I'm even doing this is because I wanted to tint my rear slider but the old one is too crappy to fix (replacing the whole back window) and I'm not putting new seats in until I can somewhat protect them from the fearsome sunshine.

Upside though, I have only dings to deal with, zero rust other than the 42 y/o "patina", even after I pulled off all the crown molding from the sides, and I won't really need to be too concerned about rain even if that new seal does go bad.