Good system Alan, and well explained.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Horvath" <alan@alanhorvath.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 10:23 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] Door Latches & Strikers
> I just got off the phone with my antique car wizard mechanic guy who
> really knows the score.
> :o)
> He told me:
>
> First, you have to make sure the door is sitting right. Close the door
> without the striker in place and see that the body-lines are lined up.
> If not, then adjust the way the door is sitting by messing with the
> hinge bolts.
>
> Then, you just gotta keep playing with the striker ... moving it up,
> down, in, out, and messing with the angles, too; bottom in further than
> the top, top in further than the bottom ... you gotta just find out
> where it likes to be, and when you move it, just move it a hair at a
> time.
>
> As far as moving the striker up and down, you want the SEAT of the
> striker to be just below the seat of the latch -- not scraping or
> touching.
>
> I just messed around with mine for about 15 minutes, moving the
> strikers up so the seats are closer to each other and got a great
> improvement. Then my wizard called me and I realized I wasn't paying
> any attention to TILTING the striker, so I'm gonna try that now and see
> if I can't get it better still.
>
> Alan
> http://AlanHorvath.com/54chevy/
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