[DeTomaso] Passenger Door Limit/Detent Links

[Erik Kolstoe]

Fred,

On my car, both the passenger and the driver door lower hinges were
completely clapped out. What eventually happened is that by not having the
detent actually do its job and hold the door, it allowed the door to open
more than what is normal and past the normal hold position and the leading
edge of the door connected with the inside A pillar near the fender,
cracking the paint on the leading edge of the door. I ended up buying two
new hinges from Wilkson and had a body shop paint and install them.

I would take care of them as soon as you can. I don't know of any place
that you could just buy and replace the damaged parts.

Best regards,

Erik

On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 8:05 AM Fred Foreman <fred4man at att.net> wrote:

>    Any one ever fiddled with the lower door hinge?
>    My passenger door does not stay open.  It  appears that the 2 links in
>    the lower hinge are supposed to form a detent to hold the door?  My
>    links are cut off and just hanging there at one end.  Hard to see what
>    is happening in there.
>    Can I just cut the links apart and re-pin them?  or is something more
>    involved?  It seems there must be some large amount of friction in the
>    links to actually hold the door open.  Am I missing something here?
>    Fred Foreman
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   Fred,
   On my car, both the passenger and the driver door lower hinges were
   completely clapped out. What eventually happened is that by not having
   the detent actually do its job and hold the door, it allowed theA door
   to open more than what is normal and past the normal hold position and
   the leading edge of the door connected with the inside A pillar near
   the fender, cracking the paint on the leading edge of the door. I ended
   up buying two new hinges from Wilkson and had a body shop paint and
   install them.A
   I would take care of them as soon as you can. I don't know of any place
   that you could just buy and replace the damaged parts.
   Best regards,
   Erik

   On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 8:05 AM Fred Foreman <[1]fred4man at att.net>
   wrote:

     A  A Any one ever fiddled with the lower door hinge?
     A  A My passenger door does not stay open.A  ItA  appears that the 2
     links in
     A  A the lower hinge are supposed to form a detent to hold the
     door?A  My
     A  A links are cut off and just hanging there at one end.A  Hard to
     see what
     A  A is happening in there.
     A  A Can I just cut the links apart and re-pin them?A  or is
     something more
     A  A involved?A  It seems there must be some large amount of
     friction in the
     A  A links to actually hold the door open.A  Am I missing something
     here?
     A  A Fred Foreman
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