A Pillar Wind Noise Water Leaks

[KULTULZ]

Originally Posted by Jwawhite

KULTULZ, yes there really is a poor seal in this location. It seems to me the seal Face is not wide enough to fit up against the narrow Face of the lip off the A Pillar.

Daves55Sedan, I seem to remember your article on this, will give it a look over before I tackle the job. Thanks.

Excert From Dave's Post-

,,,knowing that my Carpenter seals (which were not very old) and still looked good, had shrunk drastically, especially around the corners of the window frames, I searched for a better quality seal. I selected a roll of reproduction Mopar seal from Metro-Moulded-Parts.

First, I removed only the portion of the Carpenter seal off around the window frame and left the old Carpenter seal intact from the bottom of the window on down.

Then I laid the new Mopar seal on a flat table and cut it using a boxcutter.
The secret to getting this particular seal to fit right on the '55 Ford is to cut 1/8 inch off the entire bottom of the seal across the top and back side of the window frame. I cut about 1/4 inch off the bottom of the seal at the front.

Dave has the answer. If you find the original post, please let us know.

The only way I could ever correct this problem was too remove the door pillar latch to be able to align the door so it sits correctly in the door opening. Lift on the rear of the door to see if the hinges are good and go from there. You may have to persuade the glass opening frame to seal more tightly against the jamb. There is an adjustment fixture shown in the manual that will give you an idea of how to go about it with blocks and a lever (2X4). Just don't go ape on it.When you are satisfied with positioning, install the latch.

Yours had some damage. Remember the latch pillar failure? It may have been in a collision and not brought back to spec.

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