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Subject:RE: Coolant Fill Crisis Resolved, how about sagging doors?
From:William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
Date:Tue, 06 Dec 1994 10:25:03 EST

I'm not sure I'd do it to a car as young as Donald Baxter's 85, but my drive-
way cure for sagging doors is to jack them up:  Open door about 6-8 inches,
pile up something sturdy under the door*, put a block of wood on a bottle
jack on the pile, and jack up the door a few inches.  Test fit, repeat as
needed.  Then adjust the striker plate so the trim lines on the door match
the trim lines on the car.
* pile: Workmate in good repair, sawhorses with fat board across them, tree-
stump if you can drive close enough.

Is there another solution that wouldn't make the factory cringe so badly?
B.

William R. Kennedy  (201)596-5648  (201)596-1630F
77 911S Targa; 81 Vanagon Six; 87 Integra; 92 SE-R

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