how do you get at the door hinge bolts
how do you get at the door hinge bolts
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mustangon2

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18 posts

206 months

Thursday 16th July 2009
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my passenger door needs a bit of ajustment....how do you get at the nuts that are inside..somewhere!!! do you have to take the wheel arch (inner) cover off ??? to expose them

daddysumo

2,545 posts

242 months

Thursday 16th July 2009
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I think you have to remove the A panel which is bonded and bolted at the top by the windscreen and is held at the bottom by a locating pin.

Steve

JLSELAN

405 posts

262 months

Thursday 16th July 2009
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If the fit of the door relative to the body is OK, all you may need is a very simple adjustment of the latching pin in the door post.
Just loosen the nut holding the pin slightly and move it up/down or in/out to a position where it engages the door latch smoothly and securely then re-tighten the nut.

AMG Merc

11,955 posts

282 months

Thursday 16th July 2009
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Additionally, isn't there some hinge adjustment from inside the door skin?

madasapig04

34 posts

208 months

Thursday 16th July 2009
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this link tells you what to do www.gto3.com/components/bodywork.htm#doorlatch
but i just turned the nut on the pin

mustangon2

Original Poster:

18 posts

206 months

Friday 17th July 2009
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no wot's happened is it looks like the door has dropped a bit cause the bottom of the door where it's hinged from is scrapping into the sill at the pivoting piont, causing an arc shaped paint scrape in the sill.....hope i'm making sense