[Healeys] door won't shut fully.

[Michael Salter]

I don't profess to be an expert coachbuilder but have had considerable
success following the procedure demonstrated to me many years back.
Install the door on its hinges completely bare, no latches, no liner, no
door seals, no combing and then make the necessary adjustments to ensure
that it fits correctly into its aperture with correct gaps.
If the door will not fit "bare" significant alterations will be necessary.
After that is correct start adding things one at a time ensuring that the
fit of the door is adversely affected by what you just fitted.
Takes a while but has always served me well.

M

On Fri., Apr. 21, 2023, 10:40 p.m. Mike Sinclair, <phoenix722 at comcast.net>
wrote:

> In that case, a lot of us could use some shims.
>
> Mike
> On 4/21/23 5:57 PM, Bob Spidell wrote:
>
> 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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