I don't quite understand all the angles that you are talking about but if it
were me I would take off the inner panel of the door and lubricate the door
latch and lsoenoid. You also might want to get some di-electric lube from
Kragen (they use it on lightbulbs) and clean up and lube the solenoid
electrical connections. You might have to take off the middle inner roof
thing to do this. All together it should only take maybe an hour if you are
slow. If the metal is cracking where the door makes the transition from
horizontal to verticle then you will need to weld a crescent in there. None
of the metal on the door should be cracking. Kim
hey guys,
> i've been having problems with my passenger side door. i drive my
>bricklin just about every single day. it has been my primary car for the
>past
>year, and my passenger side door seemed like it was already a little bit
>bent up
>on the top so that it doesnt close exactly flush with the roof of the car.
>my
>car isnt a work in progress, because it has already been restored as far as
>i
>know and is in great shape, and i dont believe i have the time to be able
>to
>take the door off and work on it. it also looks like the metal of the door
>is a
>little split like the two metal peices of the door are coming apart where
>it
>doesnt close flush with the roof. you can see the edge of both metal pieces
>a
>little bit from behind. anyways, is seems like my door is angled when
>closed
>so that the part of the door closer to the rear is all the way up against
>the
>wall behind it when closed. and the front of the door has a space in
>between it
>and the front of the car. it's hard for me to put it to words, but it's a
>problem because sometimes if i havent opened my passenger door for a day or
>so,
>then it gets stuck and wont open unless i press the button and manually
>push it
>a little bit around enough to get it open, then it'll work almost like new
>for a while, until i stop opening it so often. then it goes back to where
>it
>was. i dont know how i could possibly fix this problem without taking the
>door off
> and fixing the bend on top. my dad thought maybe we could move the door
>locking hatch forward that the door locks onto so that the door would have
>to pull
>itself forward in order to latch, but i thought that was a bad idea because
>it would be putting to much stress on the door and maybe make the bend
>worse.
>this bend is really rather minor in look. it is very minor, but not in my
>eyes
>because i'm a crazy perfectionist type, even though i'm only 17 years old.
>anyways, if you guys could help me in any way. . . please ask questions for
>better understanding and give me advice please. i would really appreciate
>it!!
>thank you
>
>J.R.
>#2077
>
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