Thanks for your interest. Well it’s a long story and it’s been a thorn in my side. Before we removed the assembly the door operated pretty decently.
We determined some months ago that hinge / door support that is welded on the inside of the door opening the welds had corroded and needed to repaired. The location where that support was by the too thin and welding it back turned into holes. We removed the support and after that we have never been able to secure it in the sweet spot so the door closes properly ensuring an even gap between door edge and the channel the door seal goes.
Now we’ve found that we get the door to close but it sits too close to front edge. But thing have gotten complicated since we misplaced the door spring and the lever that’s used to open/close it.
We know that many people have eliminated the door, but we don’t want to go way if it’s at all possible.
We can locally mfg the missing lever but the springs are not available at vintage parts suppliers or EBay. We’ve considered shimming the support and that would move the support back and maybe give us a better gap between door and cowl channel area.
Hope I’ve addressed your point.
Last edited by TexasA&M48Truck; 07/26/2024 2:34 PM.
