Lock Pillar Water Diverter Positioning?
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Burning Brakes
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From: Brentwood CA
Lock Pillar Water Diverter Positioning?
My '69 came to me with the driver's side door and door jamb having been replaced, sans alignment wedges and water diverter strip. The AIM shows that they are riveted to "existing holes" which, of course, do not exist on the new jamb. The passenger side is of no help because its diverter is bonded in place and also looks nothing like the replacement parts from Paragon which do have the "existing holes".
If anyone could post a picture of an original one with a ruler laying next to it, that would be most helpful.
Thanks,
-Doug
Curiously, the AIM drawing illustrates and calls out the diverter as item "16" but it's not in the legend.
If anyone could post a picture of an original one with a ruler laying next to it, that would be most helpful.
Thanks,
-Doug
Curiously, the AIM drawing illustrates and calls out the diverter as item "16" but it's not in the legend.
Melting Slicks
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From: Florida
I know not a direct answer but poke around in these for clues... Alan will chime in soon with info I bet. He's a walking assembly manual.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=159 5730170
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c3-general/3549916-part-id-needed.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=159 5730170
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c3-general/3549916-part-id-needed.html
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2014
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From: Brentwood CA
I know not a direct answer but poke around in these for clues... Alan will chime in soon with info I bet. He's a walking assembly manual.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=159 5730170
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c3-general/3549916-part-id-needed.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=159 5730170
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c3-general/3549916-part-id-needed.html
I found this on the interweb and, although there's no ruler in the picture, from it you can get a reasonable idea of how they're positioned.
-Doug
Racer
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Doug
Very early water diverters were rubber and the later ones fiberglass.
The earliest fiberglass water diverters were bonded in place, the later ones were riveted. They were located in the same spot just different methods of attachment. Your passenger side diverter could be original.
John
Very early water diverters were rubber and the later ones fiberglass.
The earliest fiberglass water diverters were bonded in place, the later ones were riveted. They were located in the same spot just different methods of attachment. Your passenger side diverter could be original.
John
Team Owner
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Hi Doug,
John is right about the sequence:
first in 68 no diverter...
then an unpainted black rubber strip...
that continued to about vin 6000 of 69 production when a fiberglass strip diverter was glued in place and was painted body color…
then at about vin 28,000 the strip began to be pop riveted in place.
On my 71, with a pop riveted strip, a little bit of sealer appears to have been used under the strip… perhaps so any water wouldn't enter the rivet holes?
Regards,
Alan
You can see the strip appears to be more or less centered on the lower screw for the interior quarter trim.
John is right about the sequence:
first in 68 no diverter...
then an unpainted black rubber strip...
that continued to about vin 6000 of 69 production when a fiberglass strip diverter was glued in place and was painted body color…
then at about vin 28,000 the strip began to be pop riveted in place.
On my 71, with a pop riveted strip, a little bit of sealer appears to have been used under the strip… perhaps so any water wouldn't enter the rivet holes?
Regards,
Alan
You can see the strip appears to be more or less centered on the lower screw for the interior quarter trim.
Last edited by Alan 71; Oct 10, 2017 at 04:27 PM.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2014
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From: Brentwood CA
Hi Doug,
John is right about the sequence:
first in 68 no diverter...
then an unpainted black rubber strip...
that continued to about vin 6000 of 69 production when a fiberglass strip diverter was glued in place and was painted body color…
then at about vin 28,000 the strip began to be pop riveted in place.
John is right about the sequence:
first in 68 no diverter...
then an unpainted black rubber strip...
that continued to about vin 6000 of 69 production when a fiberglass strip diverter was glued in place and was painted body color…
then at about vin 28,000 the strip began to be pop riveted in place.
Mine is VIN 13,367 and I have no reason to doubt that the bonded, passenger side diverter is original. But, since I have no plans to have the car judged and so they match each other, I'm installing the riveted ones on both sides.
Thank you for the picture.
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