1951 Pontiac Chieftain

[PhilA]

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That's that door all working and back together again.

New glass and it'll be grand.

Phil

[PhilA]

Driver's side front was subject to reinvestigation last night.

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I had tried to add a plastic runner to the front channel where the glass likes to catch. A chunk broke off a while back, then the glass pulled out of the sash channel. So I pulled the glass and glued the chunk back in.

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The rear right door had the very rusty remains of a sash channel at the bottom, rattling about. It still had the rubber grip in so I removed and cleaned that, fitted it to the glass and knocked the sash channel back on, which it gripped nicely.

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Looking at it, I see why the glass caught where it did. It wasn't cut straight.

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I decided I needed to improve on the current situation, so cut a length of metal and applied marine pu sealant to the back.

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Left that clamped overnight, that should give a smooth enough surface for the glass to slide up now without getting caught- it was catching on the metal tangs poking through that hold the window seal to the other side. It should have a fuzzy rubber channel to slide in but that's missing.

Phil

[mercrocker]

All sounds familiar, this door tale.....I have the same job to do on the Morris Cowley and have just got hold of a s/hand driver's regulator and door catch assembly. I do not think there is anything fundamentally wrong with mine, just wear which is giving rise to annoying rattles and jerky operation. I feel better having another set in case mine has been bodged somehow and won't go back in together.....

These are the kind of jobs which never seem to get done once the car is on the road fully!

[PhilA]

All sounds familiar, this door tale.....I have the same job to do on the Morris Cowley and have just got hold of a s/hand driver's regulator and door catch assembly. I do not think there is anything fundamentally wrong with mine, just wear which is giving rise to annoying rattles and jerky operation. I feel better having another set in case mine has been bodged somehow and won't go back in together.....

These are the kind of jobs which never seem to get done once the car is on the road fully!

Yeah, that's why I'm trying to do all the little last minute jobs before I finish the last mechanical bits that really need doing.

[PhilA]

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Reassembled the door. The modified window channel works well enough for now, I bent the frame for the window surround back into shape, fixed it all on and put the handles back on. That's a first.

Also another first, locked the car totally with the key. It's now able to be secured that I would be happy walking away from it.

That's a few things off the checklist.

Phil

[PhilA]

Okay, so: The List.

Rebuild brakes
Replace rubber fuel lines (*)
Replace intake and exhaust manifold gaskets
Replace heat riser gasket
Windshield defog tube (*)
Refit glove box (defog tube first)
Rewire battery to trunk (*)
Manifold stud (*)
Crank breather tube (*)
Air filter needs oil
Coolant change
Fill screen wash
Oil change
Rear axle oil (*)
Grease everything again (*)


That's everything between now and putting it on the road. There's more, but that's the prep list.

Phil


(*) - Item that I don't have in stock

[Hooli]

Defog tube is I assume a perforated tube that runs under the dash to feed or replace the vents?

[PhilA]

Defog tube is I assume a perforated tube that runs under the dash to feed or replace the vents?

Almost- the screen heater matrix exits through the firewall into the cabin, whereby it splits into 2 tubes, one for each side of the windscreen.
The vent itself is hidden inside the screen trim, very neat.

The tube is regular plastic stuff with a metal spiral inside to hold the shape, but the heater valve was leaking for years and the metal spiral rusted to nothing and the tube fell apart. Nothing was hooked up when I got the car; the fan didn't work, the heater was disconnected and the selector was jammed to the floor position.

Now that works I think I might get a Y split and put a vent under the dashboard that points into the cabin.

I do need me a vintage fan to put up on the top of the dash though. Being stopped in traffic in the sun sucks with only an open window for ventilation.

Phil

[Hooli]

Sounds a bugger to replicate if no-one makes them then.

[PhilA]

Sounds a bugger to replicate if no-one makes them then.

It's the same kind of stuff used in airplanes and VW Beetles, I just didn't go buy any yet.

Also scored a crank ventilation tube for the cost of postage, it's the hot climate one with the flame trap too, which is good.