View Single Post
Old 03-04-2009   #9 (permalink)
opelspyder
Opel Key Master
 
opelspyder's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 1,301
opelspyder is on a distinguished road
Adjusting doors

Oh, as far as adjusting the drivers door, if a new pin cannot be obtained or it is found that the pin is not the cause, You will have to either cut and reweld a hindge (pretty tough) Or take a torch to a hindge, heat up until red and shut and try to adjust the door quickly until the hindge cools. Or you can give it some muscle by using power tools such as porta-powers, but sometimes the weakness of the Opel spotwelds may cause them to be torn out, so rewelding still may be needed. There are several ways to do this, non however being wrong if you do not bend the door and it gets set where it needs to be. We have taken hindges...not from Opels...and put them in a press to straighten them.
Keith
__________________
Questions or comments to the Project: Restoration of a GT series 2 -post here http://www.opelgt.com/forums/opel-gt...eries-2-a.html
opelspyder is offline   Reply With Quote Top home