[DML] Re: How to make the doors work right???

["Jim Reeve" <dmc6960@xxxxxxxxx>]

Tom, you need to sit in the car and watch all areas of the seals as
you slowly bring the door down.  Make notes where the seal is being
caught and folded under.  Then, remove the A and B pillar and the
headliner trim piece.  Now try closing the door again.  If it doesn't
catch on anything (assuming parts of the new seal aren't perminently
deformed yet) then your problem rests on those trim pieces where you
saw them catching.  They would need to somehow be adjusted to allow
the seals some breathing room.  The A/B pillar pieces are vinyl with
foam on the back.  If you re-glued them tighter to the plastic core,
the foam would compress more and they would shrink in size.  For the
headliner, the fiberboard core would need to be trimmed and then
recovered.  This process worked for me.

Jim Reeve
MNDMC - Minnesota DeLorean Club
DMC6960

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tom" <tomciodmc@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi group!
> 
> My door problem is getting annoying... really annoying. How do I
make them 
> work right?? Here is the situation: if I remove the door seals both
doors 
> work beautifully. Both latches catch at the same time, there is
almost no 
> force required to close the door all the way. Ok, I thought that old
and 
> stiff seals are the problem, so I got some new ones. And now the
problem is 
> even WORST. I really have to slam the door is order to get it to
close (real 
> latch is much worst that the front). I also need to pull the door up
as I 
> pull the door handle for it to open. My previous DeLorean was
exactly the 
> same way.
> I'm thinking about getting the door launchers, but in the current
situation 
> it would not work at all.
> HOW do I fix this??????? Please help me out, any suggestions are
welcome.
> 
> BTW, my brand new seal already has a tear at the top rear outer
corner.... 
> and I'm really pissed because of that... they are expensive!
> 
> I just installed the inner seal at the moment. I did not even try to
install 
> the outer seal, and that would make closing the door even harder.
> 
> Thank you all in advance
> Tom Niemczewski
> jamesik@xxxx
> VIN 6149 (in Poland!)
> Save the dream so you can live the dream...








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