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Installed the rear door fixed glass with new rubber.
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I had to remove the fix glass this evening because when I attempted to install the large door glass there wasnt enough room. Pretty frustrating really. I suspect that the new fixed glass seals were too thick and did not allow enough room for the fixed glass to seat properly in the frame. This resulted in the larger door glass not to fit (it was rubbing on the inside of the channel prior to weaterstrip being installed. I also noticed that the guide channel (between the fixed glass and the door window) holes were not even close to being lined up. I tried several times to move the fixed glass back to allow more room but it was as far back as possible. I am confident that this was not an installation issue because both doors were this way. I believe the issue was coming from the seal located on the bottom of the fixed glass. It was keeping the glass too far up in the frame and was hitting in the upper most outter corner. The only solution that I could figure was to somehow find a way to lower the fix glass in the lower seal. I made a difficult decision to pull the glass and remove the guide that the lower seal sits in.
By removing the guide I was able to lower the fixed glass about 1/16" which allowed me to slide the fixed glass further into the lower corner of the frame. This gave me barrely enough room to get the screws on the top of the door frame which secure the channel piece to start.
By removing the guide I was able to lower the fixed glass about 1/16" which allowed me to slide the fixed glass further into the lower corner of the frame. This gave me barrely enough room to get the screws on the top of the door frame which secure the channel piece to start.
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The lower fixed glass is secure dispite the guide having been removed. I hated to remove it because I am sure that Toyota put it there for a reason.
However, a note on the bright side, I was able to treat yet another area of rust and the glass is finely back in this Pig!
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I find that a good cigar helps to cope when things arent going as planned
Blastservices
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Good pics and documenting what you went through. I’m doing this seal on my truck soon as well and will report what I find too!
RUSH55
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I’ll be interested to hear how that works out over the long term.
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Be prepared to reglue the corners on your new seals. Mine came appart fairly easy. Only one corner out of 8 held together through the install on both doors. I used Loctite 495.
Also, be sure to have lots of glass cleaner to help lubricate the seals otherwise your going to struggle to get them to seat properly.
Good luck on the install!
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I had the same issue when installing the new SLO seals and fixed glass last year. I tried several times on each side with soap and water and even trying to hit the glass into place with a board and rubber hammer. It just wouldn’t slide into place far enough. And yes the corners finally gave way When that happened I decided that it was the one side of the rubber so I cut it at the other corner and then used the original rubber that I had removed on that one side. It slid into place easier without any other modifications. That rubber was in OK shape. Glued the corners then did the other side and moved on. At the time I thought maybe it was just my 1969 frame but interesting you had the same issue.
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Great idea by using part of the old seals
This glue from Bob Smith works amazingly well on weather strip. You can get it on Amazon. Get the accelerator and it cures faster.
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Blastservices
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I have the loctite 495 here from a previous project but it’s getting old. The seals in my truck are not correct. It’s the best they could do in Venezuela I suppose.
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Installed the windshield on Saturday. 
RUSH55
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Great to see some updates! Keep them coming!
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I scraped and sanded away the rust and the overspray on the front and rear bumper areas and frame rails.
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I added an undercoat textured paint to bare metal and applied a black paint over that
One of the more frustrating tasks I did during the restoration of my 1969 pig was attaching the rear round reflectors. I had restored and rechromed the reflectors but reaching into the back wheel well trying to put the small nuts on the bolt/posts was near impossible. I dropped several nuts that will probably rattle down there for life. Looking back I guess it was kind of fun…not. 
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Made more progress today than I have in months! Feelin' pretty damn good to have the glass in all the doors now installed. As well as most of the tailgate linkage installed.
