burnin oil Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Has anyone found a source for this? I contacted Diamond Rubber and they do not have anything at this time. They are hoping to in the future but nothing definate. I am hoping to redo my doors in a few weeks and need to find all the rubber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOB DINGSDALE Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Burninoil:Itrust seeing as your doing the doors now youve done steering box.How did you make out with it?When all is said and done are you going to leave it the same coler as origanal.(yellow I hope) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Sorry, no source for vent window L rubber that I know. I checked with Chalmer's several years ago and he had no more.I had to take the best I had in stock and work them in baby oil to loosen them up. On the truck, they look good but if you get up close you can see some small age cracks in the edge.Jim Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnin oil Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 Bob, I actually managed to tighten the box up with the roller adjustment. I went from 6+"s down to about 2"s so I haven't tore the box apart yet. I didn't honestly think I could get away with that much adjustment! Tightening it up also got rid of the in and out slop on the steering shaft so now I am just watching to see if the seal is still leaking. I have not had a chance to put many miles on it since the adjustment. 60 year old vehicles have a way of reminding you of their age as I blew a radiator hose while on the test drive to check the repair to the axle leak. I took the opportunity to pull the radiator and have it pressure tested and brazed up to take care of a small leak. Since everything is apart I am redoing the radiator shell and about to start pulling the shudders apart for blasting. The have been frozen open since I got the truck. The yellow paint job is going away as I repair panels. She will be regal red with black fenders, shudders, running boards, and misc pieces and parts. Once the radiator shell is completed it is back to the roofs rust removal so I can get the clearence lights and air horns reinstalled. After that will probably be the doors as the glass is cracked, both window and vent, on both sides from the barn that fell on her before I purchased the truck. I also have to repair the inner door tops where they seperated from the skin in the same incident. I almost forgot that this was a free time project!J Hancock, I am not sure that the rubber will be reusable. It is rough but not deep cracks either. Maybe if enough people are interested we can get Diamond to hurry up on making the replacement rubbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Yes, it would be nice to have new! I wonder how much the mold would be to make the pair? Also, how many people would actually buy them?Mine were pretty dried out and rough but no huge cracks, splits or other nasty stuff. Took same baby oil and just started working it in and also used a toothbrush. After about 10 twenty minute sessions, the rubber started looking better and my hands weren't too rough either!I had a large container and just let them soak for hours also.Maybe set up wife/girlfriend/kids/neighborhood pest to do it for you while you are doing other things?Sort of a pain that the vent window has to go in before really anything else can happen on the door.Jim Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Has any one ever tried to see if STEELE Products make a direct or a close match? They do over 300 different sponge and soft rubber extrusions alone, plus a ton of dedicated pieces. PaulYou may even match up with Ford or GM truck vent seals in the main catolog. Paulhttps://dealer.steelerubber.com/Ecommerce/SpecialDenseExtrusion.aspx Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fauthpk Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Try restoration specialists. They have a shit pile of rubber parts. I found with my B model a lot of those parts are interchangeable with dodge and ford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Hi Paul, I've spent lots of time with the Steele catalog to try and make a match for the L vent windows and haven't had any luck.I have used Steele products on some other projects and have had good luck. Quality of their parts is very nice.Jim Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnin oil Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 Try restoration specialists. They have a shit pile of rubber parts. I found with my B model a lot of those parts are interchangeable with dodge and ford.I have not contacted them yet. I found their catalog from 2003 (google search) and they listed alot of L model parts. Unfortunatley the latest catalog is a different story.Hi Paul,I've spent lots of time with the Steele catalog to try and make a match for the L vent windows and haven't had any luck.I have used Steele products on some other projects and have had good luck. Quality of their parts is very nice.JimNever heard of steele products before.I really like the old vent windows and would hate to loose them. When looking at pictures from Gerharts last year I saw several trucks with L style cabs with out the vent window. They were not E or A models as they had dual winshields. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Between the first L cab in 1940 to app. the 1950 L cab, they had a one pc. door window glass. NO vent window on the early cab.The vent window L door continued on and was last used in C models in 1965/1966.Jim Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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