| | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,969 Member/10,000+ posts! | | Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,969 | After flying this airplane for over six years I finally realized something. If I hold the side windows tightly closed, it gets a whole lot quieter in the cockpit. Amazing, huh? So, where would people here recommend buying new weather seals from?
Thanks!, | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 8,433 Likes: 3 Member/7500+posts | | Member/7500+posts Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 8,433 Likes: 3 | Home Depot. Grey, CLOSED-CELL self adhesive foam strip, 1/2" wide by 3/8" thick (uncompressed). Same thing Cessna used/uses.
If you park in a closed, locked hangar, always leave the doors open and the windows open, that way the gaskets and seals do not take a crushed set.
Charles | | | | | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,969 Member/10,000+ posts! | | Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,969 | Home Depot. Grey, CLOSED-CELL self adhesive foam strip, 1/2" wide by 3/8" thick (uncompressed). Same thing Cessna used/uses.
Thanks Charles! I was leaning in that direction already. But thought I had better make sure there wasn't some certified seal out there that costed ten times as much!! Sure wouldn't want to install anything on an airplane that wasn't certified!  | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,197 Likes: 2 Member/5000+posts! | | Member/5000+posts! Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,197 Likes: 2 | Hey Bill. I think Cessna designed all of the air leaks into the airplane to allow carbon monoxide and the various noxious odors to escape <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Dan
Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities. (Mark Twain)
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 14,801 Likes: 553 Member/10,000+ posts! | | Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 14,801 Likes: 553 | Reminds me of a review I read about the Cessna 150: "Ventilation in the summer is good. Unfortunately, it's equally good in the winter."
-Kirk Wennerstrom
President, Cessna 150-152 Fly-In Foundation
1976 Cessna Cardinal RG N7556V
Hangar D1, Bridgeport, CT KBDR
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 8,433 Likes: 3 Member/7500+posts | | Member/7500+posts Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 8,433 Likes: 3 | Make sure you get the Closed-Cell stuff, it rebounds well and will not asorb moisture and lasts a very long time.
Charles | | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 533 Member/500+posts | | Member/500+posts Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 533 | What about door seals or is there anything like that?
Will
Will Dirickson
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 206 Member/100+posts | | Member/100+posts Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 206 | | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 62 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 62 | The seal that actually wraps around the door side of the window frame and seals the window when closed should be part number S1378-1 (beige), or S1378-2 (cloud grey). I ordered new seals when redoing my plane. I just tried to look up the parts on-line, but it seems they have been supersceded and they dont list a substitute. I'll keep checking.
Reference the parts catalog page 4 item 27
Bob Irvine
N1972L
Dover, DE
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