Well, The Window Are Going In

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Okay. Up to this morning there was no help. Before I called pals at ECE, I decided to start fresh with the passengers door. Here's the step-by-step.

It pertains to doors that are COMPLETELY gutted. So, that, along with the fact that you may know what you're doing, but I'm a simple gearhead that does not...
And, I'll try to be clear, but won't use the correct terminology.

Also, forty people..at least...will say, "How come you did it this way?" I've got pretty thick skin, but my answer would have to be,
"Where were you when I posted the original question. No offense. And, since my way worked, it worked. If you can save someone else some pain, feel free.

Window = Glass
Rear Channel = The metal part that is inside the door that screws in with one screw on the jam and two low on the inner door skin
Screw = Machine Phillips. Most are about 1/4 " with a head a little smaller than a dime
Little Screws = Small sheet metal screws that hold in the Wind Wing
Wind Wing = The whole wind wing assembly with glass and frame
Slot = Opening at the top of the Door Jam where the bottom of the glass would be if it were rolled all the way up
Crank Assembly = All the stuff inside the door attached to the window crank except the
Window Runner = The horizontal piece that attaches to the Crank Assembly
with two nylon buttons and one to a track on the inside of the inenner door skin. It holds the bottom of the window in a slot
Rear Felt = the felt that starts in the top of the window slot right behind the top of the Wind Wing, and runs all the way across, down, thru the "Slot" and into the Rear Channel.
Window Crank = A window crank

One more disclaimer: My Window Runner had supple tape in it that grabbed at the bottom of the window very well. So, I didn't put in new tape or goo of any kind.
I may be sorry about that later. But the window goes up and down nicely right now....so, we'll see if I have to go back.


1- Good night's sleep
2. Coffee if you use it should be applied first to the inside of your mouth
3. Decide you are going to have a good attitude about this. It ain't cancer. It's a truck
4. Collect a small phillips, a stout phillipps, some good grease, a couple of rags, a drop light, a
flashlight you can hold in your mouth, and all the parts above.

5. Slide in the Crank Assembly.
5a.Figure out how to connect the nylon button that faces you to the inner door channel. Put two screws (out of four) into the assembly necxt to the window crank shaft that's sticking out.
You can line these up after the first screw is in (not tight) by turning the window crank.
6. Grab the Window Runner and slip it thru the hole in the inner door. Pretty easy. Slide it back and forth...One nylon "button" at a time on the Crank Assembly slides into grooves on the Window runner
7. Using only the screw in the door jam (it's a little longer than all the rest and has a washer on it , install the Rear Channel. You leave it loose at the bottom for now for a reason
8. Install the Wind Wing. If you took it out, you know you have to rotate it 90 degrees on installation thru the Slot, then, after you get it in, roatate back and press forward...Watch out for the spring at the bottom.
9. One Screw thru the inner door skin and one Little Screw shoud be put in the Wind Wing now to insure it's where it's supposed to be. You'll be pissed about this later.
10. Install the new Rear Felt starting at EXACTLY the rear of the top of the Wind Wing. Follow it all the way to the rear of the top of the window (should be a few little cuts in it for the curve,
then down next to the lock and thru the slot. Make sure it's not wrinkled or twisted and press it into the Rear Channel all the way to the end of the Rear Felt
11. Now take out the Wind Wing. Pisser, huh? Start by pulling about four inches of Rear Felt out and let it run wild
12. Lower (or raise) The Window Runner to mid-level
13. Grab the Window and tilt it 45 degrees forward
14. Get it all the way to the Window runner and let it rest there
15. Put the Wind Wing back in
15a. Replace the 4-5 ' of rear felt in the groove
15b Horse the Window to the horizontal, resting on the Window Runner...Not yet pressed into the slot in the Window Runner
16. This part is important: Before you commit the Window to a position on the Window Runner, make sure that there is about 3/4 inch of clear Window extending past
the Window Runner, and into the Rear Felt at the leading edge of the Window Runner. I think it's best to just let it sit there. Take a break. You are now sweaty.
17. Put the screws thru the inner door into the Rear Channel. Loose is okay.
18. Roll the window Crank up, guiding the window on the way up into the felt in the Wind Wing and into the Rear Felt. Press hard to make sure the Window is seated in the Window Runner.
19. Roll it up and down a few times.
20. Works? Tighten and replace all the screws. Still works? Cool.
21. Doesn't work, or hangs up? Damn. I did it six times ending with the first 20 steps. I hope you don't have to.

22. Here's where I put in the anti-rattle and wipers in the Slot. Any fool can do that.....

Hope this helps someone. Pics tomorrow or Wed. But for now: