Nels
I took my hinges to a machinist along with a couple of stainless steel hinge
pins (sourced from a hardware store) and he bored them out, installed
bushings and reamed them to fit the hinge pins. It was cheap, they look
exactly like they did originally and now work great.
Brian
1950 MG TD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nels Anderson" <nels@flightsim.com>
To: <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 2:28 PM
Subject: Door Hinge Problem
> Ever since I got my TD almost two years ago the passenger side door has
> sagged and been hard to latch. I finally decided to take a close look at
> the problem.
>
> What I found is that one of the hinges has a lot of slop in it. I
> removed the hinge pin and it came out very easily, versus the pin in the
> other hinge that had to be tapped out with a hammer. I swapped pins
> between the two hinges and it's clear that one of the pins is too small.
>
> I could just buy a new hinge from Moss but they want $45 and all I
> really need is the pin, not the entire hinge. Are they available
> separately anywhere? Any other ideas on how to tighten it up?
>
> Nels Anderson
> 1953 MGTD 28177
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