barrman : Cowl Seal Report

Cowl Seal Report
Post by barrman on Nov 28, 2006, 10:00am

I got a new windshield to cowl molding from Memphis a week or so ago. My old one was cracked, shrunk, missing pieces and painted white on the outsides. It needed to go. I was amazed at how much my old one had shrunk though.

I had my windshield latches adjusted down as far as they would go and my windshield still thunk thunked on any surface. With the new seal, I had to adjust the catches almost all the way up and setting the latches is now a two hand job compared to the old flick of the wrist.

Even with the latches as tight as I could get it, my hard top wouldn't fit back on. The winshield was about 2 inches further forward at the top than before. Thankfully, I had seen Kwai's solution to the exact same situation at the Texas FE. I did what he did. 1" tie down strap between the footman loop on top of the windshield to the footman loop above the battery box on the back of the cab and then cranked away as tight as I could get it.

Just thought I would pass this on to others going through the same thing.

Re: Cowl Seal Report
Post by kaiser715 on Nov 28, 2006, 10:07am

what'd memphis get for the cowl seal?

Re: Cowl Seal Report
Post by barrman on Nov 28, 2006, 11:13am

Basically the E-Bay price they have been going for. $45.00. I think the total to my house was $53.??.

Re: Cowl Seal Report
Post by kwai on Nov 28, 2006, 11:56am

Yeah, but I put mine on backwards first. Duh!

Re: Cowl Seal Report
Post by binfordm715 on Nov 28, 2006, 12:07pm

I think mine was about the same.


(Good thing VPW isn't selling them, eh?!) Heh, heh, heh.....

Re: Cowl Seal Report
Post by brute4c on Nov 28, 2006, 12:24pm

Thanks Tim....when I put my new one on, I had the same problem...never realized there was that adjustment on the latches and never thought of that "correcting strap"...I will get mine back to straight now!!!

Re: Cowl Seal Report
Post by barrman on Nov 28, 2006, 1:03pm

Steve jokes about his being on upside down. It was. I walked by his truck and saw the strap. I kind of stopped and stared for a while wondering what the heck it was. He told me it was the only way the hard top would fit. We then removed the top and flipped the seal over. We didn't try the hard top again. But, those strap attachment points are perfect as he used them.

Re: Cowl Seal Report
Post by kwai on Nov 28, 2006, 2:41pm

I still need the strap to get the top bolted down.