Golden Jubilee
Posts: 528
Joined: Fri Nov 30, 2012 6:22 pm
Location: Grand Junction, Colorado
Scout 80 windows
Last year I had picked up a 64 Scout 80 half cab with just over 24,000 original miles. I had a friend do some body work on it as it had been used to plow snow and had slid off the driveway a few too many times. I still don't have it back together but decided to work on it a little today. I had new window wiper felts from Anything Scout. They did not have the attching clips for the outer wiper and the holes did not match up. I tried to punch some 3/16" holes with a leather punch but there is a metal piece inside the felt wiper and broke my leather punch. I was leary about drilling holes as too many times I have seen a small light piece of strap tin turned into a pretzel in the drill. Good news was they drilled just fine in the drill press. I had picked up some push rivets from Lowes Home Improvement marked for ferd auto interior. They were just slightly larger than the 3/16" or 5mm I was looking for so reamed the holes to the next larger size. I cut one side of the head off with a pair of dykes and pressed them thru the wiper then snapped the wiper onto the door and finished by tapping each rivet with a hammer and punch. The inside door wiper goes on a removable strip and had staples. I used a drimmel with wire size dril bit to drill holes in it then used .020" stainless safety wire to attach the felt to the strip. If it ever warms up, I need to paint the wing vent window frame and install the new window guides and put the door back together.
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