door adjustment problems

["Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx>]

My problem is that I can't get my drivers door to close. What started this
is a previous owner replaced the inward bolt in the front hinge with a
slightly smaller SAE size with a nut on the other side inside the top of the
door. How he ever fit a wrench on that nut is totally beyond me, but from
the looks he never got it tight anyway. Having this bolt loose allowed the
other one to pivot and slip which has always made the striker pin
adjustments a guessing game. Now the door has slipped down (or inward
depending on how you look at it) so that the door fits too tight to even
close. No amount of tugging will bring it back out.

Do I have to have the torsion bar loose to adjust this?

Is it possible to replace the stripped out threaded plate in the door
without cutting the door open?

Does anyone have any advice on adjustments once I get the proper hardware
back in the door?

Walt Tampa, FL