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Hi.
I'm Jeff at latemodelrestoration.com.
Today, I'm here with Jonathan, and we're
going to show you how to install run channel
liners on your '79 to '93 Fox Mustang.
Now, Jonathan, these are usually rotted out.
Can you tell me more about the replacement parts?
Sure thing, Jeff.
Our genuine 50Resto brand replacement
run channel liners are made from OE type rubber
and have the correct felt bonded to the inside.
Typically, why you have to replace
these is because the 90 degree in the upper corner of the door
frame is completely gone.
The rest of the weather strip is dried up and is cracking away.
But the number one problem is the felt lining
wears away, exposing bare rubber and causes the window glass
to bind when it goes up and down.
All right.
Sounds good, Jonathan.
How about we got these on the car?
Sounds good, man.
Let's do it.
As you can see, we've already got the door panel out
of the way.
If you need more help with that, check out our YouTube channel
and pull up our Door Panel Removal video.
All right, J-Mac.
Now, what tools are required for this install?
Man, just a couple of sockets.
You'll want to grab a 11/32 socket and a 7/16 socket.
All right.
Sounds good.
I'm going to get my tools and get started on the other side.
All right, man.
Now, to get started, you'll want to loosen these two nuts
right here that hold on the outer mirror.
Now, the reason you want to do that
is so you can get the weather strip out
from behind that mirror.
Next thing you want to do, run channel bracket,
it has two bolts, one at the top, one at the bottom.
You want to fully remove those bolts
so you can get the weather strip away
from the glass and out of the bracket.
Once that's done, you can go ahead
and start pulling down your weather strip
and pull it all the way out of the channel
and out of the door.
As you can see, we've already got the run channel out
of the door frame and out of that back corner of the door.
That's pretty much the easy part.
Only gets mildly more complicated
when you get over to the front.
All you got to do is reach in, slide this bracket off
of the glass, and pull out the rest of the weather strip.
As you can see, we've already got our run channel weather
strip started into place.
But before you do that, it's a great time
to replace your window guide bushings.
For more info on that check, out our YouTube
channel and pull up our Window Guide Bushing Install video.
For the weather strip, I like to start in this top corner
because everything else will center off of that,
and work your way down the back of the door frame
and then along the top of the channel
until you get down to your mirror.
A simple paint stir stick is going
to be an invaluable tool when installing this because it
allows you to slide up in the weather strip
and fully engage it into the door frame,
and you can just work your way around
until you get down to the mirror.
And I brought along another weather strip
to show you how that's going to go because you want
to tuck the long tail of this weather strip
down into the door, around the door glass,
and then engage your metal guide channel.
Now, it'll look a little something like this.
The felt part of the weather strip folds around the glass,
and then the metal channel just slides on
over the back of the weather strip.
Bolt it into place loosely, and then you're
ready for final adjustment.
All right, J-Mac, looks like we're down to the final steps.
Can you walk us through them?
Absolutely, Jeff.
Now, don't forget to tighten up your mirror,
and then we're going to move on to the adjustments.
These two bolts are going to be loose.
This nut needs to be loose up here.
One on the bottom can stay tight, no adjustment there.
Then you'll want to loosen up this bolt here
that holds on the rear guide.
Bump your window up to a point to where
you can get to this bolt on the guide bushing bracket.
You'll want to loosen that.
That way those guide bushings realign themselves on the rod.
Then you can finish rolling the window up into place
and get it seated in the weather strip.
Now, you'll probably have to help it out,
so manually push it on up into the channel.
Now, Jeff, does everything look good on your side?
Yeah, it looks great.
All right.
Now, with that window fully seated in there,
you can tighten everything up.
On this rear guide, just barely get it in place on the glass.
Not a whole lot of pressure, just barely touching it.
Tighten that bolt down.
With everything up, you can tighten this nut here.
Then on your front channel, push it in slightly
to make sure it's engaged with the glass.
Not too much pressure, just barely in contact.
Tighten up your top bolt.
Then tighten up your bottom bolt.
Come back in, tighten up your window guide
and test it for proper operation.
Jeff, everything look good out there?
Because it looks good over here.
It looks like it's sealed up perfect over here.
All right, man.
Well, we have completely gone through this door, new window
motors, new door lock actuators, new guide bushings,
and a new run channel weather strip.
Now, for more videos, make sure you check out our YouTube
channel and latemodelrestoration.com.
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