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As Craig says it isn't too difficult, Joe. I don't do this for others and I'm not much of a fan of the you tube videos. Some of those have been done by people selling stuff and I don't know if they always have any experience or knowledge about what they're doing. I've attached some images of a lower passenger door hinge that came to me needing attention. I rebuilt it using hinge pins as sold by The Filling Station. Your hinge pin ought to be stationary at the top and the center part of the hinge ought to swing on the pin without play. Which is usually the opposite of what is happening. My suggestion would be to get the old pins out as carefully as possible. I drill through the center with a 1/8" bit and then try to work the drill bit slowly over to one side so the pin hole is not distorted and the pin is weak enough to push out. Sometimes I heat and quench them to help the pin get loose. You want to free them up so the old pins can be pushed out as easily as possible (which sometimes isn't as easy as you wish). Once I have the pin out nicely, I use a long bolt or rod to set the center point up so a drill bit will go right straight through the swinging part. If you have access to a lathe it would be ideal for this, but I'm betting you don't. The hinge pin kits you get will be a larger diameter than stock. As I recall, some are 11/32" or so. You can also use a common bolt if you want. Metric ones give you some extra size choices.

There will also be one or two springs on the top hinge to keep the door open. Replace those with new ones. Getting them in can be a little fiddly but if you're patient you can do it.

On this hinge I drilled out the pin and also you will see I had to add a washer as the old hinge had worn so much it needed the slop taken out of the area. Not uncommon on something this old. Once that was done, I greased the center part's hole with some Lubriplate (you can use any sort of grease), the pin was replaced and all is nice and tight and it feels like new. At the bottom of the hinge, the hole was too large (it had wallowed out with age and use) so I used a small hammer to tighten one side of it (as you see with the arrow). Now somebody before me had filed the holes out (to give them some more adjustment room) so if I use this hinge I will use some washers under the bolts that hold it.

Hope this is helpful.