[Healeys] 100 door hinge bolt

[Jean Caron]

Michael, What you explain there Michael is that it forces the door to actually stay open a little more and by forcing it to close the door will either rise or drop a little, turning that bolt even more will cause to door not to close at all, not really what one wants. I think that by this bolt being out a little puts too much pressure on the door, not sure what the initial purpose of that bolt is but I doubt very much that it is to adjust the door at its latch.

Jean

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From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Michael Salter <michael.salter at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, September 3, 2018 12:40:45 PM
To: Roland Wilhelmy
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] 100 door hinge bolt

Certainly useful for that Roland but I can't see that being part of the original assembly process.
What I have discovered is that if the bolts are turned out just a little the contact the other hinge plate when the door is colsed and raise or lower the back of the door considerably.
Could that have been their purpose?

M
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From: Roland Wilhelmy <sentenac.rw at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, September 3, 2018 11:58:23 AM
To: Michael Salter
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] 100 door hinge bolt

It stabilises the nut plate and makes fitting the big screws in place easier. I cut the head off a bolt, slot the end and screw it into that center hole. That lets me install the doors single handedly as i "fly" the door over the newly made studs.

No idea why they were made with that hole in the first place.

-Roland

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From: Michael Salter
Sent: Monday, September 3, 2018 6:51 AM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] 100 door hinge bolt


The early 100 door (the flat aluminium type) have a hex head bolt in the center of the door post hinge plate.
The only purpose that I can imagine for this bolt is some sort of door adjustment ... does anyone know more?

Michael Salter

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