Rebuilding my 1966 Plymouth Sport Fury...

[Codurty McLeathers]

Hello everyone.. stoked to be here. A few years back I purchased a 1966 Plymouth Sport Fury. White, with black vinyl top,( now stripped off, it was garbage!) and Gold interior. 318 Poly, which is currently being completely rebuilt by GRC Racing in San Diego. I have had the trans, 727, completely rebuilt by SD Transmissions. I have had Legendary Interiors make a factory spec gold set of bucket, and the bench, which where just recently installed. I just received my front disc conversion from Summit Racing, and am looking forward to installing them. Oh... and I just had a new Windshield installed, purchaced through Classic... Long story kinda short, the car was a bit of a basket case, not as rough as some, but definetly not what I thought I was getting... But I Love My Fury... bottom line. I have purchased an owners manual, and try to do most things myself, or with the help of local Mopar friends. My most pressing current issue...I am wanting to replace the slides and pin on my drivers window. I already purchased the parts, but am not 100 percent sure just how far I need to go. Do I take the door apart? Or is there a way to remove the wing, and thus put the pin and slides on the main window?

 

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Welcome! @Big_John @CBODY67 @fury fan

 

[CBODY67]

Welcome and congrats on your project.

In my '66 Chrysler factory service manual, there is a graphic of how it all assembles. I suspect the same graphic would be in the other similar full-size Plymouth and Dodge factory service manuals, too. www.mymopar.com (might need to manually input that address) for a free download of those manuals, Chrysler parts books, and the complete Chrysler MasterTech video library. For other specific information, www.hamtramck-historical.com "Library".

In order to install the slides and pins, I suspect you'll need to separate the glass from the regulator, then remove the glass. Should be covered in the FSM.

Please keep us posted on your progress,
CBODY67

 

[SIPLOWGUY]

Welcome!

 

[66sptfry]

Welcome

 

[Codurty McLeathers]

Welcome and congrats on your project.

In my '66 Chrysler factory service manual, there is a graphic of how it all assembles. I suspect the same graphic would be in the other similar full-size Plymouth and Dodge factory service manuals, too. www.mymopar.com (might need to manually input that address) for a free download of those manuals, Chrysler parts books, and the complete Chrysler MasterTech video library. For other specific information, www.hamtramck-historical.com "Library".

In order to install the slides and pins, I suspect you'll need to separate the glass from the regulator, then remove the glass. Should be covered in the FSM.

Please keep us posted on your progress,
CBODY67

Thanks! I have the Manual, it just gets a bit confusing as it covers 4 model cars in one book. There are prett clear diagrams, but this is literally the first car, classic or otherwise, that I have worked on, so I think it's a little hard for me to read between the lines. The research I have done, tells me I need to take the door apart, to access the the full window, and wing, and to effectively remove the wing, and replace my slides and pin. I went by today and tried to look again ( the car is in a rented garage, not at my home) but the way to separate the door panels was not very obvious. I started the removal of the weatherstripping on the door, where the door and body meet, but got gun shy as it seems like the weatherstrip is held on with clips. Need to do more reading

 

[CBODY67]

Unless the weatherstripping is failing, no need to remove it to do the slides, as I understand it. Yes, some white plastic clips to attach the w/strip to the door, but they are inserted into the weatherstrip (cut holes in the rubber into which the clips are inserted) and if you pull hard enough, the rubber will separate from them. Possibly tearing it in the process. So, if you have weatherstrip issues, best to have a new weatherstrip handy to replace the old one.

In order to get the trim panel off, you'll have to remove the armrest and base. Look for two screws in the armrest pad, on the bottom side, out of normal sightlines. Then an Allen wrench to remove the vent window crank (if equipped). Then get your fingers under the bottom section of the trim panel. There are metal clips down there, too. Start near the middle and gently pull the panel away from the door structure. Carefully. There are clips along the bottom edge and about 6" or so up the sides. Once the trim panel is separated, then tap upward on the bottom of the trim panel to disengage the top of the trim panel from the door structure. When fully disengaged/unclipped, the panel can be removed and placed in a safe place. There should also be a plastic water shield stuck to the door structure with either tape or dum-dum, so carefully peel that off and save it.

By this time, the dum-dum will be hard and brittle, so a gasket scraper can be used to remove it. It'll probably come off in strips, due to its age and hardness. I use black silicone sealer (on the door panel) to replace it. Easier to remove the plastic from. The top probably has a piece of duct tape (or similar) holding it at the top. This gets everything out of the way to get to the window regulator and vent window channel. Reverse to put things back together. Once you get things figured out of how to take things apart, it'll go easier the next time.

You'll notice that the metal clips that hold the door panel to the door shell slide into slots on the backside of the fiber door trim panel "board". Be careful with them as they can be easy to break the board that holds them in.

Prior to doing all of this, if you do not already have the kit, you might want to head down to O-Reillys (or similar) and look for a kit of hard nylon "interior trim removal tools" to use. Probably more there than you need, as to the number and type, but you might need them for other, later projects, too. When I bought mine about three years ago, seems like it was $25.00USD for the kit? Key thing is that paint marring is greatly reduced using them than metal screwdrivers and such.

There are several steps involved in getting things to where you can get to the internal door workings, but once you know what it takes, it will not seem quite so onerous to get things taken apart and put back together. Also, some spray white lube can be used to lube the regulator gears and slides, maybe even some liquid spray lube, too.

From my experiences on my '70 Monaco. Hope this might help,
CBODY67

 

[Codurty McLeathers]

Hey thanks for that thorough reply.. I already have the interior trim panel off, along with the armrest, window cranks, etc.. what I am asking about, is then further taking the door apart, to access everything. My manual shows all the inner workings, as if interior shell is gone.. I’ll take photos this afternoon of where I’m at with it . really appreciate the response, if I hadn’t already done those steps, I would know exactly how to now! Have a great day

 

[Codurty McLeathers]

Welcome

Love the Color on that 66... Looks great.