Thread: Building door tops

Fitting glass to Series door tops

Colin

Thanks Colin, that's great !!

Tell, where did you get black mastic strip from ?, I only have white.

Cheers,
John

Originally Posted by JohnboyLandy

Thanks Colin, that's great !!

Tell, where did you get black mastic strip from ?, I only have white.

Cheers,
John

A company in Dandenong who's name escapes me.

Google Mapped where they are and found them.
Foam Sealant Pty Ltd
48-52 Micro Circuit
Dandenong
9702 9989

They had a range of butyl sealant tapes of different widths & thicknesses.

I did post up details at the time and nobody was interested. A 40Mtr roll was cheap but heavy to ship.


Colin

Originally Posted by gromit

A company in Dandenong who's name escapes me.

Google Mapped where they are and found them.
Foam Sealant Pty Ltd
48-52 Micro Circuit
Dandenong
9702 9989

They had a range of butyl sealant tapes of different widths & thicknesses.

I did post up details at the time and nobody was interested. A 40Mtr roll was cheap but heavy to ship.

Colin

Hey Colin,

Can I ask if you put the mastic tape all the way around the door top, or if you put it just around the fixed pane ?

Thanks
John

John,
You better add a link from where those Gal tops come from.

whitehillbilly

Originally Posted by JohnboyLandy

Hey Colin,

Can I ask if you put the mastic tape all the way around the door top, or if you put it just around the fixed pane ?

Just the fixed pane.

Fitting glass to Series door tops


Colin

Thanks Colin, yeah I read your article, very helpful, but it just wasn't obvious to me about the butyl tape.

Cheers,
John

Originally Posted by gromit

Fitting glass to Series door tops

Colin

Colin,

Thanks for reposting this link.

I was trying to fit a replacement kit into my own truck a year or so back and couldn’t get my head around how the filling and spacer strips went. So, along with most of the project, the bits had been sitting on a shelf waiting for a new dose of inspiration.

Given that there are only a few parts you wouldn’t think it could be that hard. The problem was that the last time I had done the job on another truck was in 1984 and the present lot were pulled apart about three or four years ago - memory isn’t that good.

Anyway, I looked at the photos last night and pulled all the bits out again this morning. Took the best part of two minutes to work out how it all went back together.

One challenge that I now have is deciding whether or not to buy a new set of channels. I bought replacements about five years ago from the UK and the u-shaped metal frames are already rusting and the rubber overlay is perishing. Not sure if there is a local source selling a better quality product.

Cheers,

Neil