How does hood to cowl seal attach?

MisterB · Jul 7, 2020

Mine is missing, so I can't tell how it connects. I'm guessing it attaches through the holes all along the edge in the pic of my truck?

The part from LMC shows that there are these things that poke down, so I wasn't sure if that's how it connects. They don't seem to sell any other hardware that would connect it. I checked Brothers for reference, and they sell these square brackets with screws.

Any light you can shine on it would be helpful. I've ordered the LMC seal, but it hasn't arrived yet.

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Big Chip · Jul 7, 2020

There's little push in clips attached to the seal that you just push into the holes in front of the cowl screen.

The new one I put on had the same clips as the original I removed.

gotyourgoat · Jul 7, 2020

These little dealies. Lever style likely.

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I'd pop one out to show if I felt I could do it without breaking it. Looks like this on an 84 where it is on the underside of a hood.

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MisterB · Jul 8, 2020

Thanks fellas. I'll just wait for it to show up, and it sounds like it'll have those push clips. If not, I have some left over from the old screen I can use

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Big Chip · Jul 8, 2020

They’re T shaped, not round.

FireTruck1984 · Jul 8, 2020

Starting in ‘81 the seal attaches to the hood

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MisterB · Jul 8, 2020

FireTruck1984 said:
Starting in ‘81 the seal attaches to the hood
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Cool. I've got an '80

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Bextreme04 · Jul 8, 2020

I ordered the one from LMC a few weeks ago and it came with the clips in it. I also have an 80, it just clipped right into the holes, perfect fit. Took maybe 5 minutes to install, 3 of which involved acquiring and opening my beer.

MisterB · Jul 8, 2020

Bextreme04 said:
I ordered the one from LMC a few weeks ago and it came with the clips in it. I also have an 80, it just clipped right into the holes, perfect fit. Took maybe 5 minutes to install, 3 of which involved acquiring and opening my beer.

Sweet. Sometimes those kind of jobs are nice to have. They off set the more tedious and frustrating jobs

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gotyourgoat · Jul 9, 2020

Bextreme04 said:
I ordered the one from LMC a few weeks ago and it came with the clips in it. I also have an 80, it just clipped right into the holes, perfect fit. Took maybe 5 minutes to install, 3 of which involved acquiring and opening my beer.

3 minutes?
Were your hands tied behind your back or something? :33:

AuroraGirl · Jul 9, 2020

gotyourgoat said:
3 minutes?
Were your hands tied behind your back or something?

He keeps his beer in the cold, nice, fridge. THats downstairs and like half a block from the shed!

wixthedog · Jul 23, 2020

When I ordered a new seal I did not read that it came with new fasteners so I ordered those, they may have been a couple of dollars. I left the seal in the hot Texas sun for an hour or so and it made install even easier, about 1 minute compared to 2...

MikeB · Jul 24, 2020

Replaced the one on my 82's hood last year. Many of the clips were so hard to push in that I had to remove the hood. However, it was super easy to do with the hood on its back.

MisterB · Jul 24, 2020

MikeB said:
Replaced the one on my 82's hood last year. Many of the clips were so hard to push in that I had to remove the hood. However, it was super easy to do with the hood on its back.

I got mine installed. I figured out a little trick. I used the side of a flathead screwdriver to press on each plastic button to get them to push in.

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80BrownK10 · Jul 24, 2020

My cowl seal is all smashed and just randomly laying in there I think. Maybe I will replace it. Keep that engine heat out of the cowl and spilling as bad back into the cab I guess

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