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I think you need to get the top of the door to come out some, then adjust the latch in...
I thought I've seen old B&W films of the guys at the end of the assembly line adjusting doors this way.

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thanks 54tow.
i am pretty sure i have my latches as far as they can go inward, because it is pretty hard to close the doors now...
a friend told me that i should take a piece of 2x4 and insert it at the top of the door, then push inward at the middle and bottom of the door, basically bending the top out and the bottom in, which will suck the bottom inward.
not too sure about doing it that way, especially since it is painted now.
any thoughts on that way guy ?
leonard