1965 Malibu SS (Ep 24) Chevelle Window Channel Replacement
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
- Time to take care of some maintenance and comfort issues on the SS. The windows whistle like crazy when driving so we are going to fix that with some new window channel today. This will be a step by step tutorial just in case you need to stop your car from whistling down the road.
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This is a life saver!!! Thank you for posting this video!!
You are very welcome Michael. I hope I was of some help to you.
Mark
Lots of great tips. Doors can be a major PITA. Thank you for your time.
Hey Mark
Another good one. Never miss one of your videos. You should be getting way more views.
Thanks, Jack
Thanks Jack, the views are what they are. If I can help a few people out on their project it is worth it.
I really appreciate the comments and support.
Mark
Excellent detailed video. Wish you would have changed the felts. I need to do both on my car
The felts were in pretty good shape but in an ideal situation should have been replaced too. The hard part is finding the tiny screws the felt has mushed over. Having the new felts with the screw holes visible helps locate the old ones.
Mark
This was perfect
Thanks Joe,, I appreciate that.
@FoothillPaintandFabrication I am replacing these on a 65 Skylark and everything is identical. Was worth staying up late last night to watch your video. Made it super easy.
@@JoeSisk-jp8uw GM used a lot of the same tooling and parts in the A bodies for years. I am glad it worked out for you.
Mark
Mark nice job good tips and attention to details! those door clips can grow wings and fly!!
Thank you Rodney. I have found those clips in the strangest places during clean up. I keep a supply on hand assuming I will lose a few...
Mark
Awesome step by step video as usual. Mike did you get the new trim from OPGI ?
The new channel felts came from Fast Lane Classic Parts. Everything else was on the car when it was purchased.
Mark
Wondered if you could tell me how to adjust the top of the window in or out to seal well against the new roof rail seal? Got a 65 Skylark Coupe.
Hi Joe,
If you look down low on the door inside door panel towards each end you will see a nut with a large washer attached to it. The stud coming through the nut has a slot for a screw driver. This is the adjustment to move the window channel bottom in and out causing the window to tilt in or out. Loosen the nut and screw the stud in or out as needed then tighten the nut back down. You may have to loosen other adjusting nuts a little while you make this adjustment. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Mark
I'll check it out. Have it in the body shop and they don't have anyone that knows these things. Thanks.
In my experience, the removal of the handle, using the removal tool can cause the C clip to be teleported into the darkest corner of the garage and sent into another dimension, never to be seen again. 🤦♀. When I bought my car the windows fit like broken teeth and it required many hours to get them to roll up and meet each other and the convertible top. I got it about 95%. But things still aren't correct. The outside rubber at the top of the door where it scrapes the window don't fit correctly (I think they are swapped side to side) and the glass sits too low in the lifting channel so the glass doesn't raise high enough to meet the top and seal. The lifting channel tops out and hits the door sheet metal. So I think I need to take the door glass out, remove it from the lifting channel and put some rubber or rope in the channel and set the glass back in to give it an extra 1/4". Lastly, the convertible top leading edge/welting (top of windshield) is way to big on the car so when it hits the wind on the freeway it disrupts the airflow so badly that it turns the top into a drum. Its all these tiny details that turn this from a static piece of art into a functional car. But I'm getting there
Convertibles are cool unless you own one. It sounds like you have the side windows figured out. So many moving parts to get a nice seal. How are you going to fix the welting problem? I wonder if factory tops behaved like that back in the day?
@@FoothillPaintandFabrication I've been to an upholstery shop, they told me they can remove the welting and make and attach a smaller one, but that I would need a new front convertible top seal ($400). So including their work, it will be close to $1k to fix 🤦♂. I need to pull the front side window glass to fix how high they go up. I need to do what you did in this video anyway, which is put sound deadening (killmat) in the doors and also add the moisture barrier which is missing. I have yet to drive this car in the rain. Once I have these things handled, I don't think it will be an issue.
@@OpenRoader 400 bucks for a seal? Damn Chris that seems pretty high. Time and money seems to be the case on these cars always...
Mark
@@FoothillPaintandFabrication Yeah, it's expensive. I'll get to it as some point, but other things first.
@@OpenRoader Yeah if we just had Jay Leno money...
Those windows are from a 64i think 65 no vent windows mabie sorry if wrong
I am pretty sure the doors are original and the vin numbers all match. Every 65 I have seen has the same wind wings as a 64. I am not up on all possible configurations or options though. I am sure someone out there knows for sure.
Mark
All Chevelle’s had wing (vent) windows until 1969, then the Malibu and Sport Coupes went to the “Astro Ventilation “ sans vent windows. Sedans, El Caminos would be the exceptions, although someone might want to modify my statement a bit.