First a big thank you to Stinky for helping me get the pictures on to photo bucket. The link to the photos are at the bottom of this page.
I recently had to change all the door rubbers and boot rubber on my FC "Black Betty" and so I start this how to guide with a big thank you to the blokes in the forum for their advice info and Pics who made my job easier. I would like to pay it forward as they say so to those of you who are about to rock.... er I mean rubber.
If the old rubbers are still in place take time to study where they are now and how they look and take photos of it if you can. all this will help you later on.
I do apologise for the black on black photos but I hope it gives you a bit of an idea as to how to go about this job.
OK here we go.
Img 1,2 As you can see all the doors and boot lid have been removed and stacked on shopping bags filled with old news papers.
You'll have to remove the door trims. Mark around the hinges so you can put the door back to where it was before. I had all the bolts loosened and then I got my better half (Thanks Jude) to remove them and then I could lift off the doors. I couldn't undo the screws from the front hinges so I had to undo the bolts from inside the door. Don't forget on the back door you'll have to remove the rear door check strap from inside the door as well.
Img 3,4 Shows the fun I had to remove the old rubbers and the silicone that they were held in by. I used a couple of old screwdrivers to dig out the bulk of the silicone and then I used a curly weave Plastic buff (available from Bunnings) to clear out the rest and any traces that were left were taken care of by a good hard rub using a course rag soaked in "Prepsol". (Check to see if the paint is Perpsol safe on a bit that won't be seen later like under the scuff plates)
Img 5,6 Shows the cleaned out bailey chanels and the finished spray afterwards.
Img 7,8 Shows the tools of the trade one is the "Olfa" Knife available from bunnings its good as it allows you to adjust the blade length and the second bit of kit is called a "Fid" and is used in leadlighting it is made of tough nylon and fits in you hand perfectly and is just the right shape that lets you push the rubber into the channel with ease and also if you slip you won't do any damage to the Duco.
OK so now your ready to start gluing the rubbers into the channel.... Hang On Whoa Up A Minute !!!
First off have a go at fitting the rubbers without glue it lets you get a feel for the job before using glue and this will save you making any cock ups later.
I did it this way on both the doors on one side and it made things a whole lot easier when I did start to use the glue. Plus it lets you position the rubber in its right spot to start from which you can mark with a pencil and you can also mark out where you'll have to cut the rubbers to go over the hinges if your set of rubbers don't have the cut outs (Re Rare Spares) so you'll be able to cut these bits out before you start. A little tip when cutting rubber is to dip the blade in water for a frictionless cut and cut it in one direction only this will give you a straight as a die cut.