Re: [DML] door adjustment problems

["Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx>]

An update on my problem: I have everything apart now. Took off the rear
louver, RR screen, both torsion bars, T-panel, head liner, etc. I took the
door gasket off which made enough room for the door to latch closed. I
haven't tried adjusting anything because I need that stripped out bolt fixed
first. If I can't replace the metal plate, then my next choice is going to
be to put a nut in the door like was done before only I'm going to use the
right kind of bolt. If I put a stack of washers (with the side ground flat)
then it would space the nut further out where I can have room inside the
door to fit a wrench over it. What a pain! But in a weird kind of way I
enjoy projects like this. I just wish it wasn't MY car that this happend
to.

Another problem I'm going to fix while I have the roof apart is fixing the
metal panel that the torsion bars go through. Mine has come unglued from
the fiberglass underbody as is apparently the case with most DeLoreans. So
far I haven't found a way to get it to lay flat again. It is pulled up
about 6mm in the middle and won't go back down. I'm thinking about putting
some bolts in there and nutting it on the bottom side. I think there is too
much force involved for a sheet metal screw to hold in the fiberglass for
very long. As I opened & closed the doors, I could see the edges flex while
I heard it creak. I've always wondered what that creaking noise was from.
Thanks to Dave Swingle for posting an article about this in the DMCNews
technical section. I'm going to have plenty of photos to add when I'm done.

Y'all let me know what can be done about that stripped out hinge plate.

Walt