Morris Minor Owners Club

I have just bought a front o/s door for my 4 door 1000 .The seal on the outer gap ,for the glass is a rubber strip held there by self tappers.The seal on the original door is a type of cord on a metal strip that clips onto the door frame.Do doors vary according to their age.

It's a non standard bodge up.....

I bought the rubber lipseal weather strip ("modern touch glass type") EXC105A for my traveller which are fitted with clips on the outside of the door and am pleased with them. Dearer than the standard weather strip EXC105, they look period and prevent water running inside the door. Available from ESM, Bull Motif etc.
John

Thanks for the emails this strip was fitted on, with 3 self tappers

Hi

I have also bought the "touch glass" rubber strips from ESM, which for my four door need trimming down.

How did you get enough access to the clip holes? Remove the glass?

If so could you just remove the window winder and lower the glass in to the door while the seal is fitted? How difficult is refitting the winder?

Thanks!

I have the touch lip seals on my 4 door, the fronts are easy as the window will wind down inside the door enabling you to fit them. The rears are a pig to fit as the window only winds down 3/4 of the way. I ended up removing the window frame and then removing the glass from the lifting arm. You may need replacement rubber channels that the glass sits in as no doubt the rubber will be brittle.
Replace the inside of the doors with new felt seals while you are in there. Also be careful of the felt on the inside of the touch lip, I found it easy to tear and had to buy another to replace it.
And DONT use a screwdriver to remove in case you slip and scratch the paint

I've just fitted one front and one rear seal (I've run out of energy for today, a long story).

As you say 'dicky the front window was very easy, wind it down, unclip rotten horrible ruined felt, put the clips through the seal first then press the whole thing in to the door.

Rear window I had feared would be a frame off job, but by removing the hinge end U channel seal in the frame I was able to get enough........flex (does glass flex?) give at least in the glass to insert the seal. The technique is to again preload clips in to the seal, then insert the clips pointing down in to the gap. Starting at the strike plate end you rock the seal over and the clip in to the hole. Using a wide flat head screw drive I was able to get between glass and clip and push them in to place.

The neat freak in me then went along the outside of both seals with a credit card and ensured the lip edge was sat completely flat against the door.

Here's the removed mouldy rusty seal from the front door along side the new seal in the rear door. Unless you've got a garage or are a sunny weather only driver this has got to be a no brainer upgrade.

I've done this mod to Phyllis and, if I remember correctly, for the rear doors it is easiest to remove the door cards. This gives access to the interior of the door and there is a bracket which acts as a wind-down stop for the window. With this removed, it is easy to get the lipseal in position.
Whether you put the bracket back in is entirely up to you; I should imagine that leaving it out only serves the window to open more. Were Morris concerned that small children might attempt to climb out of the wider gap? Who knows.
In the interests of completeness, I put the bracket back.