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Old 03-09-2016, 10:59 PM   #129
dean jendro
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Re: Wing or vent window rebuild

You are welcome. Some of what should be simple projects can turn out to be not so simple, especially if a lot of time has lapsed between tear down and rebuild. I picked up a spare vent window early in the process just to have a good sample of how it was supposed to look. That helped me a lot too. The rivet kits that are for sale for these trucks usually come up short on proper lengths, number of rivets and even the swaging tools. I ended up buying all that on line from one of the rivet manufacturers. The dies that they sell are a lot better and make the driven head roll over properly instead of just flattening and cracking. Take your time, experiment on some scraps of the same thickness and it will all come together.
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