Vent window help
Cargo Master
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From: Alberta Canada
Vent windows
I did get spare parts this week, just wanted to re-enforce the proper install as posted by Julie.
In hind sight I wouldn't throw any thing away again, these parts are harder and harder to come by. I don't how I would have managed to install vent windows if I hadn't found the frames at a wrecker.
Always someone looking for a rare piece to complete their project.
Tom
In hind sight I wouldn't throw any thing away again, these parts are harder and harder to come by. I don't how I would have managed to install vent windows if I hadn't found the frames at a wrecker.
Always someone looking for a rare piece to complete their project.
Tom
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From: webster wi
heres a pic of the way thay should be i have 6 vent windows from 3 diff trucks every one of them is this way so makes me belive its the right way
i can take it apart and take pic of the parts in order if someone wants i need to anyway
i can take it apart and take pic of the parts in order if someone wants i need to anyway
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Yours had a washer between the window stop and the frame in the upper half. Mine had one on both sides of the frame - that's the "Extra" washer I called out in Post #16 above.
However oddly, the body parts catalogue only calls out one of the two. On yours it was assembled above the frame, I reassembled mine below the frame to act as a bushing for the spring pressure and deleted the additional washer - works very smoothly.
However oddly, the body parts catalogue only calls out one of the two. On yours it was assembled above the frame, I reassembled mine below the frame to act as a bushing for the spring pressure and deleted the additional washer - works very smoothly.
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Glass installed
I installed glass into vent frames today; glass was slightly less deep as original so I used 3M adhesive moderately to ensure glass would not shift. the plywood jig was like a spare set of hands.
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Thanks
Thanks Julie; every now and then I get an Idea I can use.
It did make the install easier.
I got the frames completed but won't get to install them into the doors for a week; work getting in the way once again !
It did make the install easier.
I got the frames completed but won't get to install them into the doors for a week; work getting in the way once again !
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Well, you'll need more than just a spring and a nut. The upper washer that goes on the shaft but inside the "loop" under the frame is tear drop shaped and has a square hole in it. That's what prevents you from opening the window two far. Then in progression downward, there is a slip (thin and wide) washer, the spring, another slip wahers, then a regular cut washer and a castleated locking nut.
I'm not sure what the kits include, but in the drawings of the various vent windows the pieces and th enumber of pieces are different. I'll do a little more research and get back to you. Mine are currently out of the truck so I can get some good photo's for you as well.
I'm not sure what the kits include, but in the drawings of the various vent windows the pieces and th enumber of pieces are different. I'll do a little more research and get back to you. Mine are currently out of the truck so I can get some good photo's for you as well.
Do you know where i might find vent window frames or pivits? 48 50 ford
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From: Moyie, BC Canada
thanks....
Mervy
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About once every month the pivot bolts show up on e-bay. Vent windows themselves show up there about once every three months.
I'd check on e-bay and look at guys who are selling lots of parts from a newly acquired parts truck. They may have a set but not have them listed.
There are two guys with trucks parting out selling stuff at the moment. One here in San Diego - it's a 51/2 panel I believe, and the other is a 48-50 in Kingman Ca. He parts out lots of these trucks. He has a couple hoods and some doors up for sale currently.
You may want to send a PM to "51 PanelMan" to ask if he has any at the moment.
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Just FYI, these showed up on e-bay today.
49 50 51 52 Ford truck lower vent pivot-NOS-1949 1952: eBay Motors (item 130400823705 end time Jul-15-10 14:19:10 PDT)
49 50 51 52 Ford truck lower vent pivot-NOS-1949 1952: eBay Motors (item 130400823705 end time Jul-15-10 14:19:10 PDT)
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