Down to installing new Bob Drake window channels. New one to me, any one here ever had the pleasure of this task? Going in my 34, 3 window with electric windows. Thanks for any advance advice you may have for me.
Of course, I don't know if the 3W is the same............I just finished mine on the 34......so easy it scared me. On the 33, it was an entirely different story as the 33 uses these "T" tabs to slide into slots in the channels, then the uppers are glued into place. OK, OK.......on the 34....The 34 uses (I seem to remember) like 4 different parts. Two have these nice wide sections (3" or so) that is used to keep the gl*** in place when the window is open as the vent (smokers window), so they provide the travel required for the gl*** to be pushed to the rear. They are super to install and the Drake kit fit was very tight. For the front of the door, put inside the door first, roll the channel up to the top and to the rear to get your distance, you'll need to cut off a slight amount. I think used about 12 clamps and glued the channel to the top of the door. In my kit, I had a tube of the 3M black stuff. Be careful of where you put the glue on the door as there are severl reliefs in the door that are too low to match the flat of the channel. I also noticed on my door, there were screw holes (screws are in the kit) for the channel, but I decided to use just the black stuff (another thread on here also stated they did the same without the screws). The back channel of the door is actually two pieces. I just sort of put them in place, one at a time, figured out the length, cut to fit and then got the sequence right, then also glued them into place. Damn......I finally had something to say on the H.A.M.B. NOW......for my Quarter windows, I bought the normal rubber gaskets from Drake as well, the fit was excellent, initially the rubber had a little buckling in it, but after several days, it layed flat on the gl***. Put them into the car and didn't even like the look. Although the rubber is correct, it just seemed out of place and I never could get the rubber to be even 100% around the frame, it just looked very inconsistent. Soooooooo during my trip to Denmark, I saw My friends 30 A sedan rear windows were sealed in with black something. So, I found out that he sealed them himself and damn did it look good. The window is about 3/16" from the body and the seal is about 70 degrees to the window, perfect fit and appearance. So, he came over last week and we did mine here in North Carolina. Used about 10 washers ( 5 points) masking taped in place to get the right gap, then we put a bit of the Black Windshield sealer (most auto body suppliers sell) on the inside of the window to hold in place for the night. Next morning, we came out, removed the washers and he ran a black bead to fill the gap, sprayed it down with a water/soap mixture then used his special sealing tool to take off the excess. Seems that the tool is made of Birch (has a lot of cell structure to promote the water absorbtion of the wood) and the shape enhaces the removal of the excess silicon. Well, I've got some really nice quarter windows sealed in the car now and will attempt to do the 33 myself.
"Damn......I finally had something to say on the H.A.M.B.", so glad to have afforded you the opportunity to do so RJ51. I understand your working with sedan which is nothing at all like the 3 window, but thanks for your help just the same. The 3 window kit only has 3 channel parts and some gl*** bumpers. Also there is of course no wing window. Should not be that difficult so here goes.
Actually didn't mean to infer that....mine are both 5W....one is just shorter than the other Sent from my iPad using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
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