Door Gasket Mod
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Joined: Jul 2008
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From: Round Rock
Hey guys, Planning on doing the tubing mod. my doors dont rattle and seem to close fine. Just sounds like i have my windows cracked all the time. noise level drives me crazy. Has anyone noticed a big differance in noise level?? thanks
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From: West Tx
Hey, I did the door seal mod a while back and it helped a bit so the doors didn't vibrate as much on our county roads. I bought mine as surplus from Leisure Pro scuba gear online. It is black and is quite flexible, doors take a bit more to shut when it is around 0F (about twice a year here). I took the entire seal off, ran a coat hanger through on of the mini drain holes and poked a hole in the latex tubing. Then I crimped the coat hanger to the hole and pulled it through. You don't need to tear up the weatherseal.
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Joined: Feb 2011
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From: MS
Did this to my Driver door. At highway speed you could hear the air leaking in. But after the mod - no sound works great. There is a video on this site somewhere. If i can remember where I will post the link
Update - Do a search on the "Super Duty - Heavy Duty" forum and put door seal in the search box it will be the first one and it has a video.
I would do a link to it but I have never done one on this site - so someone tell me how so I won't look like a complete idiot next time
Eureka !! figured it out _ here is the link https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...mod-video.html
Hope that helps
Update - Do a search on the "Super Duty - Heavy Duty" forum and put door seal in the search box it will be the first one and it has a video.
I would do a link to it but I have never done one on this site - so someone tell me how so I won't look like a complete idiot next time
Eureka !! figured it out _ here is the link https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...mod-video.html
Hope that helps
Hotshot
Joined: Nov 2006
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From: North of Greenville
You can also use an air hose to blow some string through the OEM hollow door gasket and have a little "pull" to add to the "push" with the new tubing... sort of like blowing a wire-pull through conduit when running wire through conduit.
... just one more cat-skinning technique.
... just one more cat-skinning technique.
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From: Round Rock
ok, so did my drivers side door last night. purchased 3/8 vinyl tubing from Lowes. Shop Watts 3/8" x 1/4" x 20' Clear Vinyl Tubing at Lowes.com . Is this the wrong stuff? My door would not shut right at all and i felt like i was gonna break the glass by slamming it so hard to get to close right. I ended up removing the back half that goes down the hadle side and it shut fine. I figure most wind hits front anyway. Anyone else have that problem?
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From: Mission, BC
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From: Troy, NY
Hey guys Ive been looking into this mod and there is also another thread in the powerstroke section Door-Seal Mod In that thread they say there is a better type of tubing to use other than the latex tubing....its called Caulk Saver I got mine at home depot 60' for under $10. I believe you can get it at any hardware store. Good Luck guys. I'm gonna put this stuff in when i get a chance
I will look int getting some different stuff. Seems like that caulk saver would tear when pulling through.
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From: St. Louis, Mo.
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