George asked me to forward this to the group for him. He's having a ball
in HI. Poor fellow. ;)
John
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>From: "George Malaska" <gmalaska@hotmail.com>
>To: jblair@exis.net
>Subject: Re: Door adjustments
>Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 03:38:59 -0500
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>>From: "John T. Blair" <jblair@exis.net>
>>Reply-To: "John T. Blair" <jblair@exis.net>
>>To: Bricklin@autox.team.net
>>Subject: Re: Door adjustments
>>Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 17:01:55 -0400
>>
>>At 10:28 PM 8/8/02 -0400, Seth wrote:
>>
>> >I've just adjusted the strikers on both of my doors. The drivers door now
>>closes and latches with a tight fit (can no longer push on the door when
>>its closed and have it move), but on the passenger door, I've adjusted the
>>striker as far down as it goes and the door still hits the second latch and
>>is loose. Is the latch itself on slots too? Or is there another adjustment
>>to tweak to get the door to latch properly?
>>
>>Seth,
>>
>>There are 3 or 4 bolts that attach the latch mechanism to the bottom of the
>>door. If you loosen them, you should be able to move it towards the inside
>>of the door a little to help the door latch.
>>
>>John
>>
>>John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
>>Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
>>
>>48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
>> 75 Bricklin SV1 77 Spitfire 71 Saab Sonett III
>> 65 Rambler Classic
>>
>>Morgan: www.team.net/www/morgan
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> Seth, I have on more than one occasion had to remove the striker and take
>a file or die grinder to the sill to open the holes and allow the striker to
>move inboard more. It doesn't take much and be careful. First of all, don't
>pull both bolts out at the same time as the threaded plate will drop and you
>could play heck getting to it. Second, if you make the slots too big the
>striker will not cover the hole anymore. Easy does it and do just a LITTLE
>at a time. Usually, loosening the latch and trying to move it doesn't do
>much but give it a try. It might just be enough. Hope this helps.
> George.
>George J. Malaska
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John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
75 Bricklin SV1 77 Spitfire 71 Saab Sonett III
65 Rambler Classic
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