Common problems are shaking doors while going down roads, shaking glass, rattling from worn out guide pins and weatherstripping.
Door Strikers-These help keep the door tight up against the body weatherstripping preventing the door from flexing much if at all while driving. They are easy to replace with units from a mustang of similar age. Replacing these will definitely help your entire door from jumping around. The new bushing gives the latch mechanism something nice to bit into and secure everything.
Window guide rod bushing-These are the little plastic pieces that the regulator mechanism ride up against. If these are worn out or not even present your window will shake and go up and down in an uncommon manner. Again replace with pieces from fox body mustang. My car took two per window. Discussion thread: http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showthread.php?t=32138
Dew Wipe Weatherstripping-This piece of commonly cracked rubber helps keep water out of the inside of your door as well as keep good pressure against the glass securing it in place whether it is open, closed or in between. It helps stabilize the glass preventing it from clanking around. The common replacement item is purchsed from JcWhitney. http://www.jcwhitney.com/inner-and-o...17&filterid=j1 Discussion thread:http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showthread.php?t=29894
Window Channel Weatherstripping-Again this piece helps stop rattles. Your window rides up and down these channels that run around the entire frame of the door. By now they are very old and have no flex left to them allowing the window to just go crazy when in any other position other than fully up. The common replacement piece if found in Metro Molded Catalogs. The product number is WC 33-96. Discussion thread: http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showthread.php?t=27305
Please go ahead and ask any questions you may have.
Door Strikers-These help keep the door tight up against the body weatherstripping preventing the door from flexing much if at all while driving. They are easy to replace with units from a mustang of similar age. Replacing these will definitely help your entire door from jumping around. The new bushing gives the latch mechanism something nice to bit into and secure everything.
Window guide rod bushing-These are the little plastic pieces that the regulator mechanism ride up against. If these are worn out or not even present your window will shake and go up and down in an uncommon manner. Again replace with pieces from fox body mustang. My car took two per window. Discussion thread: http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showthread.php?t=32138
Dew Wipe Weatherstripping-This piece of commonly cracked rubber helps keep water out of the inside of your door as well as keep good pressure against the glass securing it in place whether it is open, closed or in between. It helps stabilize the glass preventing it from clanking around. The common replacement item is purchsed from JcWhitney. http://www.jcwhitney.com/inner-and-o...17&filterid=j1 Discussion thread:http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showthread.php?t=29894
Window Channel Weatherstripping-Again this piece helps stop rattles. Your window rides up and down these channels that run around the entire frame of the door. By now they are very old and have no flex left to them allowing the window to just go crazy when in any other position other than fully up. The common replacement piece if found in Metro Molded Catalogs. The product number is WC 33-96. Discussion thread: http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showthread.php?t=27305
Please go ahead and ask any questions you may have.
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