Why would it get bent all of a sudden?
On 3/2/06, Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Good point, the seal looks pretty good but seems to be squashed down in > just the upper corner of the door. The door *looks* fine, the gap between > door and body looks fine and is even all the way around. How would I know if > the door is bent? How would such a thing happen and how would I fix it? > Block the door open with a 2x4 and lean on the top a little? > As I say I stuck a piece of zip tie under the seal, so between the seal > and the top of the door, in the same plane as the road. That seemed to cut > the noise down which makes me think I should revisit the gap at the top of > the door. How do I adjust that? > > -Curt > > Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 08:08:08 -0800 > From: Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Door seals > To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > > How hard is it to replace the door seals on an '85 190D? > > It ought to be a straightforward job. IIRC, a putty knife and > some weatherstrip glue are both required to do it. Are you > _sure_ your seals are shot? If they're not all torn up it could > be that the door is misadjusted, or the window frame area has > gotten a bit bent and no longer presses the seal against the > door frame properly. It's pretty sad to replace a seal only > to find that it didn't fix the problem. > > So, how do the seals _look_? > > -- Jim > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Mail > Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >
