Frax Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Hi all looking for some help - sugestions. I totally rebuilt my Defender just over 3 years ago and my driver’s door has never closed and sealed as it should. It fits perfectly well all along and down the handle side and from top to bottom hinge and all lines up perfect. From top hinge or just above the curve it starts to kick out all the way up to the top of the window frame. It does touch the door seal but it sits proud of the window frame by about 10mm and is not hard on the seal. I did try to re-shim the top hinge to see if that would work but it never made much difference. When I built it I fitted new door skins don’t know if that made any odds. Looks like the door is twisted and did think of just winding the window down and trying some brute force. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discomikey Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 my series door regularly requires brute force adjustment, ive done the same on defender doors too so long as the window is wound down i cant see there being an issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Used to break into my mk1 fiesta by bending the door top out, the glass will just bend And as above, I would give it some welly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frax Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 A well she going to get it in the morning - hope she can take it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Wind the glass down first Where good sense fails, brute force prevails. You'd cringe if you saw the door setting line in any car factory Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I had to do the same to mine after a slight 'orientation error' at Boxgrove left the roof shunted over and the door similarly askew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frax Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 I will let you know how I get on tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frax Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 Well job done and it was not that bad Started like this with leak and wind noise Now like this and no wind noise and will wait and see if it still leaks [url=http://s1040.photobucket.com/user/frax29/media/2015-01-05095918_zpsbfc9c45d.jpg.html][/url Looks out at the bottom but its not, just the angle of the pic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb78 Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Perfect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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