Striker post repair 68 dart

[kent spaulding]

I believe that this is a repair that the majority of us have made on our A-Body rides or at least know of someone who has had to deal with it. I've seen some real ugly repairs in my 50 years of existance from stick welded, brazed and even pop riveted eye sores. I have welded in approximately a dozen or so of these over the years and it just keeps getting easier every time. The floating washer and retainer on the back side of the jam gets both plug welded in factory spot and a small stitch weld on both sides just for good measure and my patch plate is a bit heavier than stock sheetmetal as well. This is cheap insurance so I don't have to revisit this area in the future and for the simple fact that Little Mom is a door slammer wether she admitts it or not? Good luck to everyone else making this repair and remember, take you time and get it fit tight and flush and it will save you from using filler.

As promised the pctures or steps that you didn't get to see.

 

[MuuMuu101]

Ok, I'm a little confused and ignorant. So what exactly did you do between the first and second picture. Did you weld the old jam washer to your new piece of sheet metal? I'm not a welder but may be picking up the skill this summer. I'm a newby to most things mechanical and am most likely am going to have to deal with this soon since my Dart is in a similar situation and it's screwing up my door alignment a little.

 

[R4Sedan]

Looks nice, however I thought when repairing those your not suppose to weld the floating adjuster?

 

[67Dart273]

ok, i'm a little confused and ignorant.

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[kent spaulding]

The floating washer housing is the only thing that was welded to the back side of the repair panel/patch. Striker post has ability to be adjusted just as it came from the factory. I guess I kinda eliminated a couple of pictures that should have been shown of the back side of this patch. I'll be doing the passenger side today and will show you exactly how it should look prior to welding patch out from the front. The floating washer will be mounted in it's housing before this patch gets welded out from the front.

 

[67Dart273]

Thank you, the added photos helped!!

 

[R4Sedan]

Thank you, the added photos helped!!

x2 Thanks!