The Other 68 Dart Resto Project
This morning I decided to repair my door hinges. Originally, when I bought the car, I opened the door and tried to lift it, no slop. But trying to adjust the door last week led to a lot of frustration, I could not get the door lined up, it turns out the the pin hole had been worn in an oval pattern, which meant the the door had slop near the closed position, but not in the open. I ordered a pin repair kit, I got it yesterday, so I made it my project for the day. I originally planned on trying to repair it without pulling the door off, but realized that it would be easier to pull the door off the hinges. The bad part was, I got a case of "might-as-well." I decided it would be a perfect time to prep the door jamb for paint. I started at 10 am, I sprayed the filler primer at 10pm.
Here is the hinge seperated, I had drilled the holes with a 25/64" drill bit (which I had to make a run to Lowes for.
The other side was just as easy.
In case you are wondering how the bushings go in
The striker plate had the typical mopar problem, which was fixed by the previous owner. The repair was done OK, but there was a crack in the weld at the top, and the inside seam was left unwelded, which caused it to flex.
I fixed it by welding it all the way around. Of course my welds were so bad, I had to grind them down with my die grinder.
Time for filler.
After shaping, I shot the bare metal with etching primer, any areas of rust were sanded down, then I sprayed rust encapsulating primer over those areas (red primer).
The last thing I did for the night was shoot the jamb with some filler primer.
I might add a little putty later to smooth out some of the bumps.
This morning I decided to repair my door hinges. Originally, when I bought the car, I opened the door and tried to lift it, no slop. But trying to adjust the door last week led to a lot of frustration, I could not get the door lined up, it turns out the the pin hole had been worn in an oval pattern, which meant the the door had slop near the closed position, but not in the open. I ordered a pin repair kit, I got it yesterday, so I made it my project for the day. I originally planned on trying to repair it without pulling the door off, but realized that it would be easier to pull the door off the hinges. The bad part was, I got a case of "might-as-well." I decided it would be a perfect time to prep the door jamb for paint. I started at 10 am, I sprayed the filler primer at 10pm.
Here is the hinge seperated, I had drilled the holes with a 25/64" drill bit (which I had to make a run to Lowes for.
The other side was just as easy.
In case you are wondering how the bushings go in
The striker plate had the typical mopar problem, which was fixed by the previous owner. The repair was done OK, but there was a crack in the weld at the top, and the inside seam was left unwelded, which caused it to flex.
I fixed it by welding it all the way around. Of course my welds were so bad, I had to grind them down with my die grinder.
Time for filler.
After shaping, I shot the bare metal with etching primer, any areas of rust were sanded down, then I sprayed rust encapsulating primer over those areas (red primer).
The last thing I did for the night was shoot the jamb with some filler primer.
I might add a little putty later to smooth out some of the bumps.