'37 Ford Widow Winders (Again)

crdnblu · December 02, 2007, 12:17:44 AM

OK, I'm only going to post this once again, now, no more; I PROMISE! Maybe someone remembers the procedure, or can tell me where to go for a possible answer. (Be kind, now........)

HELP! I may need to go to the Ford V8 site on this, but here's the question: I'm street rodding a '37 Ford 2Dr Humpback Sedan w/ power front door windows, but using the stock rear window winders for the rear seat area. What's the "secret handshake" necessary to get the rear window mechanisms into the car? As many of you know, the handle attachment stub sticks too far out to pass beyond the inside body ledge, when trying to install the winder unit from inside the car from bottom to top. Does it go in from the window glass area down into the body cavity? I'm stumped!!!
I will greatly appreciate any & all advice. .........Thanks Again

Charlie Chops 1940 · December 02, 2007, 08:56:08 AM

Sorry, buy I HAVE to ask....how did they come out - LOL

Maybe slide in from the top "stub" first?

Push come to shove...cut part of the interior panel away, put the mechanism in there and then weld the inside back in.

Charlie

crdnblu · December 02, 2007, 09:29:26 AM

Good question: They were out when I bought the car.

Bugpac · December 02, 2007, 09:34:42 AM

Got pictures? Maybe they are not the correct ones? I dunnoooo...

crdnblu · December 02, 2007, 09:52:02 AM

Sorry, no pics. All I can say is that all six of the main mounting holes line up perfectly. There's even another hole that lines up as well.

rooster · December 02, 2007, 02:07:25 PM

Are you installing the regulator and the glass channel , at the same time?

crdnblu · December 02, 2007, 03:50:59 PM

Yes I am. Is that where I'm making life difficult for myself? Does the channel go in after the regulator? As I said, I'm new to this process.

rooster · December 02, 2007, 04:05:31 PM

Quote from: "crdnblu"Yes I am. Is that where I'm making life difficult for myself? Does the channel go in after the regulator? As I said, I'm new to this process.

I have never done the rear window, you tell us, could the reg be placed in the well and then the channel attcheted? Just shooting from the hip here.

oddjob · December 02, 2007, 05:35:28 PM

Hi there is a screw that holds the window channel on the the rollerstake it of the regulator goes in from the bottom I left the regulator sitting there and then put the window inheld in inplace with duct tape and wood window shims hade to open the regulator to get in the window channel and put the screw back in this took some time and I expanded my vocabulary Russ