Door alignment help needed
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From: Valley Center, CA
Door alignment help needed
The passenger side door on my 54 f100 does not set correctly against the body. I can adjust the door brackets to make the whole door fit correctly, except that is, for the top outer corner. It sticks out about one-half inch from the body. My mechanic thought that we could correct it with a 4'x2"x4" made into a prybar. We pulled and tugged, but that door is tough. It didn't budge. Is it necessary to heat the metal first? Where? I want to get this fixed before I send the truck in for paint. Has anybody else had to fix a problem like this?
Thanks, John
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From: Villa Rica, GA
Door alignment help needed
is the door from a different year that possibly had a slightly different body line? if you try bending it too much the window wont fit in. also a lot of times with older trucks the body parts werent perfect to start with and you had to get a happy medium by adjusting the parts and moving them around untill it was all 'good enough'.
-Jason
-Jason
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From: Valley Center, CA
Door alignment help needed
The door looks the same as the driver side so I'm guessing it is from 54. I know what you mean by maybe just having to live with it because that was the way it was back then. Thanks, John
