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Old 10-31-2011, 10:29 PM
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Water at bottom of Doors- 300D

After a rain and the car has been just sitting, I see water dripping through the bottom of both front doors. the bottom lip of the door is rusting out. The door seals are original '78 I would imagine. Thye look intact but I am sure the rubber is too stiff to seal correctly. Is it a big job to change the window seals out?

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Old 10-31-2011, 10:33 PM
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if the doors are rusting out, you need to change the window brushes. water gets INTO a door via the windows. water can also get into a badly rusted door if the door seals are bad on top, and the lower trim gets gunked up.
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Old 10-31-2011, 10:37 PM
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The window brushes are the horizontal seals on the bottom of the windows, correct? Are they hard to change out? Is there any dissasembly of the window system involved?
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Old 11-01-2011, 09:00 AM
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correct!
no, sometimes you need to remove the side view mirrors, but usually, you can just pry up the chrome strip, and access to the brush is pretty simple. use a flat plastic putty knife to protect your paint as you pop the chrome up with another prybar tool.

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"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
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1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
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1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!
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