I was going to adjust my driver's door striker until I realized the
passenger door and the rear hatch are also harder to latch when the windows
are up. When the windows are down it's no problem on any of them. At least
that's the way it is on my Van, no two Vans are exactly alike or have lived
the same life I'm sure.

Those U-shims sound interesting, something I'm going to have to
remember....that drivers door could use some adjustment after all these
years...

Mark Ingalls

>From: Rico Sapolich <JKrevnov@AOL.COM>
>Reply-To: JKrevnov@AOL.COM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Doors hard to latch when windows closed
>Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 16:54:37 EDT
>
>In a message dated 10/5/00 8:19:02 AM, ingalls_mark@HOTMAIL.COM writes:
>
><< If my windows are shut my doors are hard to latch. If they are open they
>are
>easy to latch. Too much cabin pressure I suppose..... >>
>
>Mark,
>
>That is what I thought, also.  What puzzled me was that although the door
>had
>to be slammed harder with the windows up, it did not feel as if it were
>working against an air damper.  When I checked it carefully, I found that
>the
>door had sagged and was not entering the strike properly.  The strike had
>to
>lift the latch side of the door 1/8" or so in order to latch.  I tried to
>correct this alignment but, it was beyond the limits of the strike and
>hinge
>adjustments.  So, a couple of U-shims under the lower hinge were installed.
>The door now closes the first time everytime without its former tinny
>rattle.
>
>Perhaps what everyone thinks demonstrates Teutonic excellence is really a
>case of a Kraut going sour in its old age.
>
>Rich

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