Re: Wile Family's Second Packard
Posted by Tim Wile On 2013/10/28 10:51:17
Wow. It has been a while since I've posted anything regarding the 400. Mostly, I've been enjoying driving the vehicle and fixing the odd little problems as they arose.
I had taken the windows, including the vents, out of the doors to replace the cracked glass and hopefully re-align the windows into their respective tracks. I picked up a replacement driver's door for cheap that had nice glass in it and that door became the donor for the 400's driver's side glass. With the temperatures falling, I felt it was wise to get the windows back into the doors so that driving the 400 in the autumn would be more comfortable. While the heater works fine, my wife doesn't like having one part of her body warm and the other cold. Odd, huh?
I've run into a bit of trouble getting the window to fit into the tracks. Even when I have the rear track as far foward as it can go, I still have about a half-inch of slop and the window won't stay in the channel. I strongly suspect that the vent window frame is not installed/adjusted correctly but things appear to line up there rather well. Anyone have any experience with installing door windows in coupes that might offer some gems of wisdom? I guess my first question is how does one properly line up the window channel in the vent frame assembly so that the window will remain in both the forward and rear channels when it is operating?
I've appended some recent photos of the 400 so you can judge for yourselves what I'm dealing with. It definitely looks better from the outside.
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I had taken the windows, including the vents, out of the doors to replace the cracked glass and hopefully re-align the windows into their respective tracks. I picked up a replacement driver's door for cheap that had nice glass in it and that door became the donor for the 400's driver's side glass. With the temperatures falling, I felt it was wise to get the windows back into the doors so that driving the 400 in the autumn would be more comfortable. While the heater works fine, my wife doesn't like having one part of her body warm and the other cold. Odd, huh?
I've run into a bit of trouble getting the window to fit into the tracks. Even when I have the rear track as far foward as it can go, I still have about a half-inch of slop and the window won't stay in the channel. I strongly suspect that the vent window frame is not installed/adjusted correctly but things appear to line up there rather well. Anyone have any experience with installing door windows in coupes that might offer some gems of wisdom? I guess my first question is how does one properly line up the window channel in the vent frame assembly so that the window will remain in both the forward and rear channels when it is operating?
I've appended some recent photos of the 400 so you can judge for yourselves what I'm dealing with. It definitely looks better from the outside.
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