wind noise

[Don Bradner]

On mine, someone had installed foam insulation in the past that I had to remove.
Old dry, compressed, cracked, crumbling insulation.

If someone has previously installed felt (both sides of the rail?), what is
wrong with it? Too compressed? If that's the case then yes, remove it and
replace.

There is felt in the window itself, in the channel, of a "wraparound" design
that contacts both sides of the rail. I assume that worked well from the factory
but has become too compressed over time to do a good job, and I suspect the fix
we are doing will eventually wear out as well.

Don Bradner
90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
Eureka, CA

On 6/6/2007 at 9:17 AM Ryan Wright wrote:

>Curt, Don,
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>I purchased some of this last night. Question, though: When I went to
>install it, I saw that there was already some weatherstripping just
>like it in the window channel. Now, I'm supposed to be installing this
>in the same channel that the window rides in, right? Such that the
>sliding portion of the window frame compresses against this
>weatherstripping?
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>So, do I just rip the old stuff out and replace it with this?
>
>-Ryan
>'86 PT-40 8V92
>Tri-Cities, WA
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>On 6/4/07, Curt Sprenger wrote:
>> I can report that adding the weather stripping, as recommended by Don
>> Bradner, indeed stops the majority of wind noise.
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>> I purchased the Pile Seal from Ace Hardware, the same product #52210
>> that Don used.
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>> --
>> Curt Sprenger
>> 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
>> Anaheim Hills, Calif.
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