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Thanks for the encouragement guys. Mary is very pleased with it so far.
While the old gal is in painter's jail, I've been doing some small stuff, but had been putting off/dreading trying to install the power windows. About a month ago I decided it wasn't going to do itself so I took the plunge and ordered the parts. The glass guy was behind but he finally got the glass made and the stuff all came in early this week.
Mocking up was a little involved, with lots of 'thinking', reading instructions, re-reading instructions (for what they were worth......), but eventually I got the dimensions figured out for the front channel, got it parallel to the fixed rear channel, and where exactly these little spacer blocks needed to go. The hardest part was locating the holes in the sheet metal, since the assembly is inside the door.
Once they were where I thought they should be, I started the somewhat difficult task of making the 7-foot long felt channel fit the glass. I really could have used about 4 more hands, but the masking tape did the trick.
Another issue ( and may still be during final assembly) was getting both felt channels and the riser channel in the same plane. Made some spacers to get them all as close as possible, but there may be more adjustments ahead of me. I have not glued anything down yet, including the glass to the bottom channel. Nor have I installed the felts on the bottom of the window opening. I put a little tape on the glass to cushion it while I did my 'testing'. After about 16 hours of head-scratching, creative fabricating, a few bad words and a couple of 'do-overs', it was time to try it.
This is an aftermarket kit by Ball's Rod and Kustom. Quality stuff, but I wouldn't recommend it unless you can be both creative and very patient. So far, I'm pleased and hope it goes back together and works as well when I reassemble it as it does now.
While the old gal is in painter's jail, I've been doing some small stuff, but had been putting off/dreading trying to install the power windows. About a month ago I decided it wasn't going to do itself so I took the plunge and ordered the parts. The glass guy was behind but he finally got the glass made and the stuff all came in early this week.
Mocking up was a little involved, with lots of 'thinking', reading instructions, re-reading instructions (for what they were worth......), but eventually I got the dimensions figured out for the front channel, got it parallel to the fixed rear channel, and where exactly these little spacer blocks needed to go. The hardest part was locating the holes in the sheet metal, since the assembly is inside the door.
Once they were where I thought they should be, I started the somewhat difficult task of making the 7-foot long felt channel fit the glass. I really could have used about 4 more hands, but the masking tape did the trick.
Another issue ( and may still be during final assembly) was getting both felt channels and the riser channel in the same plane. Made some spacers to get them all as close as possible, but there may be more adjustments ahead of me. I have not glued anything down yet, including the glass to the bottom channel. Nor have I installed the felts on the bottom of the window opening. I put a little tape on the glass to cushion it while I did my 'testing'. After about 16 hours of head-scratching, creative fabricating, a few bad words and a couple of 'do-overs', it was time to try it.
This is an aftermarket kit by Ball's Rod and Kustom. Quality stuff, but I wouldn't recommend it unless you can be both creative and very patient. So far, I'm pleased and hope it goes back together and works as well when I reassemble it as it does now.
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