Bud:
It is possible to "twist" the door, in order to get it to fit.
This is much easier to do when the skin is being replaced on the door,
but you should still be able to do it.
Roger Williams mentions this in his book as a step required in
may cases to get the door to fit properly. He doesn't say how to do it,
as I recall, only that you may need to do it. I suggest you open the
door, and simply push on the bottom rear edge, and pull on the top rear
edge. Use your hands to start with. Get a friend to help, if necessary.
Be gentle, and work your way upwards in force as needed. With some
patience, I bet you can do it without any tools.
You may find it necessary to readjust the hinges and or striker
plate after giving it a twist.
FYI, My car had similar sorts of issues. The front top gap on
the drivers door was much too large. When I tore down the car for
painting, I was going to fix this. It turned out to be childishly simple
- When the car had been assembled at the factory, a very large glob of
seam sealer putty landed on the rear mounting flange for the wing. When
the wing was attached, it would not seat against the mounting flange,
being about 3/16" too far forward at the top. Grinding off the chunk of
putty resolved the problem.
Sigh. British quality. Sad to say, it is not too difficult to
see why British Leyland went out of business.
Vance
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Aledotr6@aol.com
Sent: February 01, 2005 11:15 AM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Warped Door?
I have been working off and on for the last two weeks getting all the
panels lined up on the TR6 after putting the tub back on the frame. I've
got all the gaps looking good, but I'm still rassling with the passenger
door. Although the gaps are good, the front upper edge and rear lower
edge protrude past the wings by about 1/8 of an inch. On the upper front
edge, I could not adjust the hinge inward enough to close the gap, so I
took out the backing plate and enlarged the holes. This did the trick on
that edge. I am stumped on how to correct the back lower edge, though.
Is there a way to straighten a warped door without removing the skin?
The door is in very good condition, otherwise.
To explain why I think I have the problem in the first place, it looks
like the door may have been warped its whole life. The reason I think it
may have always been that way is because of the way the wings were
fitted. The mounting point on the upper bulkhead had putty placed in
such a way that the wing would not lay flush with the edge. I removed
the putty so that it would lay flush. The flange on the rear wing that
bolts to the B post was bent in such a way that the lower edge of the
wing would not lay flush on the rocker. I straightened that also. Now
that the wings are nice and tight against the tub, the door is now out
of alignment. Fun.
Thanks for your help
Bud Trussell
75 TR6
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