In a message dated 3/6/05 11:36:09 AM Eastern Standard Time, JordanVw@AOL.COM
writes:

> > I'm pretty new here, but I do have an issue with my '85 vanagon - - it
> > seems I
> > tweaked the door pretty badly during a wind storm.  The door got ripped
> out
> > of my
> > hand while opening it and it whanged all the way back and twisted the
> hinge
> > (I guess).
> > I loosened the door mount bolts and moved the adjustment as far as
> possible,
> > which
> > helped, but it wasn't enough.  The rear of the door (when closed) is now
> > visibly about
> > an inch lower than the front of the door.  When you close the door, it
> > "ramps up" on
> > the bottom edge of the door opening.  Anyone know how to fix this?
> Thanks,
> >
> > Gary in Nevada
> >
>
> remove door, and straighten hinge tabs on body.
>
> chris
>

some of you may remember the wonderful experience i had with a vanagon, and a
jiffy lube place i had a few years back...  so the above is how you fix that
prob..

chris