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Re: [oletrucks] GOT IT!,thanks -- rubber that hangs

To: archambeault@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] GOT IT!,thanks -- rubber that hangs
From: "kmm 1024" <kmm1024@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 22:35:40 -0700
thanks, I got it all together correctly :)


>From: Raymond Archambeault <archambeault@earthlink.net>
>To: kmm 1024 <kmm1024@hotmail.com>
>CC: chevy1@jps.net, oletrucks@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [oletrucks] rubber that hangs on the sides of cab
>Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 19:38:36 -0700
>
>The rubber fits ABOVE  the ledge on the cab so then  the screw(s)  go up 
>thru
>the ledge, then thru the rubber and into the metal plate. The sheetmetal 
>screws
>then squeze the rubber tight.
>The short (or narrow) one inch lip faces outward and the long width hangs 
>down.
>or, to put it another way......
>Lay the metal strip (about one inch wide) on the rubber to match up the 
>holes.
>Place inside, over the lip, and line up holes.  I use an awl to find my 
>first
>hole, insert one screw or more and remove the awl which was keeping the 
>metal
>plate in place.
>Ray
>
>kmm 1024 wrote:
>
> > So the sheet metal screws go up through the cab lip (heads facing down),
> > then the rubber, then the retainer?  Do the screws go through the 
>rubber?
> > Does the short lip on the retainer face outside or towards inside the 
>cab?
> > I guess I need to get the assembly manual, this is one of the first 
>things
> > I'm putting back together and I can't figure it out :)
> >
> > >From: "joe" <chevy1@jps.net>
> > >To: "kmm 1024" <kmm1024@hotmail.com>
> > >Subject: Re: [oletrucks] rubber that hangs on the sides of cab
> > >Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:15:02 -0700
> > >
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >It's been a while since I replaced a set of the rubber seals under the 
>cab
> > >but the best thing to do is to place the short side up under the lip of 
>the
> > >cab so the longer side extends past the edge of the running board "to 
>be
> > >safe".  Their is a retainer piece of metal that installs over the 
>rubber
> > >seal and it has the holes punched in it that correspond to the holes in 
>the
> > >cab lower lip.  The holes in the metal retainer use sheet metal screws.
> > >
> > >Joe
> > >The Resto Rod Shop
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: kmm 1024 <kmm1024@hotmail.com>
> > >To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> > >Date: Monday, April 08, 2002 10:59 PM
> > >Subject: [oletrucks] rubber that hangs on the sides of cab
> > >
> > >
> > > >How does the rubber go with the retainer that hangs on both sides of 
>the
> > >cab
> > > >to fill in the gap between the cab and runningboard?  Does the 
>retainer
> > >go
> > > >so that the short curve goes towards the outside, and the longer 
>curve
> > >goes
> > > >towards the inside?  I thought the rubber was held in by the screws 
>also,
> > > >but does that longer curve just hold it? thanks
> > > >
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