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I ordered some door hinge springs from Chevy Duty that are supposed to provide stop detentes for the doors. They are small c-shaped springs. Damned if I can figure out where they go or how to install them. Anyone been there / done that? (Probably a stupid question; I did a search on the topic but could not find anything on it.)

Thanks!

3100,On my '49 the detent springs go in the top hinges.One on the top of the strap and one on the bottom.If you pull the hinge pin out you can see a small hole in the strap and also a small hole in the bracket.If I remember right you have to pull the pin,install the 2 springs then replace the pin.They're not hard to install but it's kind of a puzzle. Chip

3100, this is a quote from the Chevrolet shop manual:

1. Remove door assembly by removing trim panel and lower hinge cover and disconnecting door assembly from hinge straps.

2. Scribe location of the upper hinge on the cowl pillar and then remove upper hinge assembly by removing the hinge body to cowl pillar bolts. (These are the three bolts holding the hinge box to the body).

3. Place the hinge assembly in a bench vise and remove the hinge pin.

4. Rotate the hinge strap out of hinge box and remove hold open device.

5. Install new hold open device, rotate hinge strap into the hinge body and install hinge pin.

From that point on, its just the reverse of the removal procedure. The reason I jumped on this is that we just completed replacement of a set of the hold opens on a hinge on my 50 3100. After chasing errant springs all over the shop for half an hour, I came to the shop manual and found out how easy it is if you do it the right way.

Hope this helps.

2. so after you remove the three bolts from the post this hinge should just pull out

is that correct... ????

cause mine isn't
it wiggles a little bit but after pulling and hitting the back side (this on a 51 3104 pass door w/ access to the back via the vent panel removed... )
w/ a plastic mallet, :hammering: it's not really moving
my door is removed off the hinges and i am applying the weather strip to the door. we noticed at the paint shop, that the pass door upper hinge pin is out of whack so i want to investigate. i believe mine is broken. i can feel the pin top but not the bottom of the pin.
so b4 i get to deep into this and s@%*? something up ... I better ask you guyz?

now I'M going to read Brian's (martinsr) account on rebuilding hinges
talk to ya in the morn....

http://www.stovebolt.com/bboard/cgi-bin//ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=43;t=000210

I would suggest you follow this thread. I used it to rebuild mine and it works perfectly.