window channel quality???
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Tuned
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window channel quality???
I'm getting ready to order new window channel and wipers for my 83. I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations or know of any to shy away from? I'm looking at LMC and lots of other places. I can find cheap and expensive. I'm most interested in quality. Perhaps they are all the same?
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I got new window channels and seals from LMC several years ago. Good quality and have held up well:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-and-cons.html
Another poster in that thread said he had better luck with Dennis Carpenter, although he was talking about a rear window seal, not the stuff for the side windows. I don't know how the LMC and Dennis Carpenter side window pieces compare.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-and-cons.html
Another poster in that thread said he had better luck with Dennis Carpenter, although he was talking about a rear window seal, not the stuff for the side windows. I don't know how the LMC and Dennis Carpenter side window pieces compare.
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Curiously, I ordered a hood release cable from Dennis Carpenter a while back. Nice quality repro, other than the label on the handle was upside down. Unfortunately, there was no way to remove the handle and reinstall it correctly.
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I ordered a hood release cable from Dennis Carpenter a while back.
Nice quality repro,
other than the label on the handle was upside down.
Are you sure it's a reproduction? DC made a "deal" with FoMoCo, buys parts direct from them they have obsoleted.
Unfortunately, there was no way to remove the handle and reinstall it correctly.
Nice quality repro,
other than the label on the handle was upside down. Are you sure it's a reproduction? DC made a "deal" with FoMoCo, buys parts direct from them they have obsoleted.
Unfortunately, there was no way to remove the handle and reinstall it correctly.
1980/85 F100/350 & Bronco.
MORROW BROTHERS FORD in Greenfield IL has 1 = 217-368-3037.
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EOTZ-16916-A .. Hood Latch Release Cable-Non Locking Type / Obsolete
1980/86 F100/350 & Bronco.
GILLIAM MOTORS in Dillwyn VA has 1 = 434-983-2026.
KARLSON MOTORS in Ketchikan AK has 1 = 907-225-9022.
CARPENTER NOS OBSOLETE PARTS in Concord NC has 260 = 800-476-9653.
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I bought and installed channels and window weather-strips from Rockauto. The brand was Fairchild, and they were a decent product. Took a bit of effort to get them to fit into the door; when they were freshly installed they were tight, now the windows move freely and keep out the elements.
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I've just spent the last hour trying to find the DC version. I must have decided I'd never use it and tossed it out, which is VERY rare for me.
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I didn't replace mine "per say" with a part designed for the purpose. I cleaned the channel out then lined it with tire inner tube trimmed to fit and glued it in, then using 3M adhesive backed velcro (the soft side), i lined the inner tube. It's held up pretty decent for over a year now. But, mine is a workhorse, not a restoration.
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I didn't replace mine "per say" with a part designed for the purpose. I cleaned the channel out then lined it with tire inner tube trimmed to fit and glued it in, then using 3M adhesive backed velcro (the soft side), i lined the inner tube. It's held up pretty decent for over a year now. But, mine is a workhorse, not a restoration.
It will be my work truck and already is but it may turn out nicer than I had originally planned. The window air leaks are driving me nuts.
I ordered new from Dennis carpenter this morning.
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