90 CQ weather seal

[Tony Hoffman]

Max,

Sorry to hear about your elbow. Hopefully it heals quickly. BTW, at
least she can drive a manual........Not many people can even do that
anymore.

As for the fix:
I'd actually start with the window frame alignment. BTDT on several
type 44 cars.

You pull the inner door panel. Then, find the four bolts (usually 13mm
head) that hold the window frame to the door skin. The bottom ones
usually have some body shims in them. Use the movement in the holes,
as well as possibly more or less shims to get the frame exactly where
you want it. You can use washers if you don't have body shims around.

Just keep playing with it till it's where you want it, then take the
car for a drive. I usually leave the door panel off for the test
drive, just in case there is more adjustment to be made.

Tony Hoffman



On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 10:49 PM, Max Baker <max at warped.org> wrote:
> While my elbow heals from breaking it on a mtn bike ride w/ thejimrose,
> my fiance is driving my coupe and i'm stuck driving her automatic corolla...
> So I get to hear all about whatever is wrong w/ the car. :)
>
> Well, it finally started raining around here and this is my first winter
> w/ the CQ.  A lot of water is coming in the drivers side window onto the
> seat.  The seal whistles a little on the freeway but visually it looks
> fine and the window seems to make full contact.at the top. I'm at a loss
> here, where do you think I should start   -- the door alignment, window
> alignment or replacing the weather seal?
>
>
> Thanks,
> -m
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