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36couper · 01-01-2018, 10:31 AM

This is also posted in Jalopy Journal...........

Looking for some advice. I'm trying to install the door windows in my '40 Ford pickup.
I have the regulator installed in the door already.
However, should I install the window in the tracks of the regulator before I try to install it inside the door?
Right now, since there is no weight on the window tracks, the window won't stay down. The spring pushes the track up to the top. I had the window inside the door but the opening is so small I could barely get my hands inside to lift it up on the track.
If anyone has pictures, that would be ideal.
Thanks

Kube · 01-01-2018, 12:26 PM

I found this task to be a pain in the butt.

I allowed the regulator to lay in the bottom of the door while I fed the glass in through the top. Once within the door I was able to place the glass in its proper horizontal position , lower it a bit to engage the regulator and last but not least, raise the entire 'assembly" and attach it to the door.
There may very well be other ways to do this task but this is what worked the best for me.
Oh, two guys make it a lot easier....

Robert/Texas · 01-01-2018, 02:25 PM

This really helped me to install the driver's window in my '37 Fordor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdcN-ypFNBc
I hope that this can help you as much as it did for me.

36couper · 01-01-2018, 02:37 PM

Thanks Kube. I will give that a try.
I watched the youtube Robert provided. Thank you.
The only difference is I have about a 12X12 opening in my '40 door and the video shows a door with a huge opening.
Getting my huge mitts in the 12X12 opening is a bugger.

Kube · 01-01-2018, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 36couper

Thanks Kube. I will give that a try.
I watched the youtube Robert provided. Thank you.
The only difference is I have about a 12X12 opening in my '40 door and the video shows a door with a huge opening.
Getting my huge mitts in the 12X12 opening is a bugger.

Yep, a "bugger" for sure. It's jobs like this that make me wonder how Ford did it rapidly on the assembly line. Sure, a guy gets better after he does a thousand of them but how about the first 500 or so???

1oldtimer · 01-01-2018, 05:28 PM

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I cut the crap outta my hands, be careful of sharp edges

TJ · 01-01-2018, 07:31 PM

It one of the nastiest jobs there is on an old pickup.

Binx · 01-01-2018, 11:55 PM

Try this...

file:///E:/Side%20Window%20Glass%20Install.htm

Lonnie

36couper · 01-02-2018, 05:32 PM

Binx.......can you try again with that file? I can't seem to open it.
Thanks

01-01-2018, 10:31 AM	#1
36couper Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Burlington Posts: 32	Installing door glass in '40 pickup This is also posted in Jalopy Journal........... Looking for some advice. I'm trying to install the door windows in my '40 Ford pickup. I have the regulator installed in the door already. However, should I install the window in the tracks of the regulator before I try to install it inside the door? Right now, since there is no weight on the window tracks, the window won't stay down. The spring pushes the track up to the top. I had the window inside the door but the opening is so small I could barely get my hands inside to lift it up on the track. If anyone has pictures, that would be ideal. Thanks

01-01-2018, 12:26 PM	#2
Kube Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wisconsin, USA Posts: 9,007	Re: Installing door glass in '40 pickup I found this task to be a pain in the butt. I allowed the regulator to lay in the bottom of the door while I fed the glass in through the top. Once within the door I was able to place the glass in its proper horizontal position , lower it a bit to engage the regulator and last but not least, raise the entire 'assembly" and attach it to the door. There may very well be other ways to do this task but this is what worked the best for me. Oh, two guys make it a lot easier.... __________________ "I can explain it for you. However, I can't understand it for you".

01-01-2018, 02:25 PM	#3
Robert/Texas Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Burton, Texas Posts: 681	Re: Installing door glass in '40 pickup This really helped me to install the driver's window in my '37 Fordor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdcN-ypFNBc I hope that this can help you as much as it did for me.

01-01-2018, 02:37 PM	#4
36couper Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Burlington Posts: 32	Re: Installing door glass in '40 pickup Thanks Kube. I will give that a try. I watched the youtube Robert provided. Thank you. The only difference is I have about a 12X12 opening in my '40 door and the video shows a door with a huge opening. Getting my huge mitts in the 12X12 opening is a bugger.

01-01-2018, 05:28 PM	#6
1oldtimer Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: South Orange County, Ca. Posts: 685	Re: Installing door glass in '40 pickup Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I cut the crap outta my hands, be careful of sharp edges

01-01-2018, 07:31 PM	#7
TJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Napa,California Posts: 6,037	Re: Installing door glass in '40 pickup It one of the nastiest jobs there is on an old pickup.

01-01-2018, 11:55 PM	#8
Binx Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Gloucester VA Posts: 1,042	Re: Installing door glass in '40 pickup Try this... file:///E:/Side%20Window%20Glass%20Install.htm Lonnie

01-02-2018, 05:32 PM	#9
36couper Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Burlington Posts: 32	Re: Installing door glass in '40 pickup Binx.......can you try again with that file? I can't seem to open it. Thanks