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Subject:Replaced driver's side front window seals. Report...
From:Marc Perdue
Date:Sun, 7 Jun 2015 21:13:05 -0400

After testing my injectors, I spent most of the rest of the day
replacing my driver's door window seals, including the wind-wing, with
the non-chrome replacements. Boy, what a royal pain in the butt this
was! I'll include some useful tips in a minute, but first, after I got
everything back together, the wind wing wouldn't fit. It was as if the
top of the window was rotate clockwise, from the outside, by about 3/8
of an inch. Needless to say, it won't close. I could use some
help/ideas on this one.

Tips:
1) If you're replacing the wind wing seal, you may as well go ahead
and take off the inner door panel and all that goes with it.
2) While you can't take the wind wing frame out, if you take out the
one screw and one bolt that hold it in place, you can rotate it
somewhat to better get the seal on.
3) You'll probably also want to remove the two bolts that hold the
main window on the mechanism that lifts/lowers it. This will allow you
to rotate the window somewhat and get the wind wing frame at a better
angle to install the new seal.
4) As long as you've taken all this stuff out, this would be a good
time to put in some sound dampening material, reseal the plastic that
protects your speaker and your inner door panel, and, hey, go ahead
and replace the speaker too.

Please help me figure out how get my wind wing to fit...

Thanks in advance,
Marc Perdue