Marc...

replacing the wing seal is a project that I push back many times...for
longtime...

for the same reasons you describe....

:-)

On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 6:13 PM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>