[Healeys] door won't shut fully.

[Bob Spidell]

Hard to say without seeing it, but you may require some shims behind the 
hinges (to compensate for a sagging chassis).


On 4/21/2023 1:09 PM, Simon Lachlan via Healeys wrote:
>
> The car is a 3000, MkII BT7 ie it does not have wind up windows.
>
> Now, the door will shut but it sticks out about 7+mm at the top. One 
> closes the door which engages with the latch on the striker. The door 
> is firmly closed and will not open until one turns the interior or 
> exterior handle. BUT, once the door is shut and engaged, it moves out. 
> Doesn’t look good.
>
> I tried moving the striker plate inwards, bit by bit. No change.
>
> I thought/hoped that the catch mechanism had worn out and replaced it. 
> To be fair, the mechanism was pretty well worn out – it’s old!! – but 
> this made no difference.
>
> I tried messing with the striker plate again. No change. It looked 
> pretty worn and shabby so I replaced that too…..No change.
>
> The process seems simple enough in theory but, in practise, I’m making 
> no progress. Is it one of those situations, which I seem to encounter 
> all too often, where the cure is so counter-intuitive that it never 
> occurs to the inexperienced amateur?? I’m moving the plate 
> inwards….seems obvious, right? Should it be going outwards? Or what??
>
> This has all been pretty frustrating. Getting the catch mechanism out 
> was a nightmare and the so-called escutcheon on the door handle was 
> solid so had to be sacrificed with a cold chisel….etcetc.
>
> Any ideas would be very welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Simon
>
>
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