From: russell henderson <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent:
Fri, March 12, 2010 6:17:00 PM
Subject: [alfa] Stuck door
How do you unstuck
a driver side alfa spider (1974) door. It I force it
open it will damage the
fender. I have it about 4 inches open. Any ideas?
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Why is your door stuck? Either the door / cowl is very bent or the hinges
have become very rusted. Try rust disolving lubricants. Kroil is good.
Liquid Wrench has some rust cutting products. WD-40 is worthless. Lubricate
the hinges and start working the door back and forth. Lubricate, work the
hinge, lubricate and repeat until it works.
If that does not work, can
you get a 13 mm wrench in there and unbolt the hinges? If you can get the
hinge off, you might soak it in a bath of rust cutter. Or heat it as hot as
you can get it and work it back and forth in a vice to break the rust. Then
lubricate and exercise it until it works freely.
Or you may have to get a
different hinge. I have several doors in my back yard if you need one or
both hinges. So far as I know all hinges are the same from 1971 to 1994.
I have drilled hinge pins out but finding the right size bolt / pin to go back
was a problem.
Ciao,
Russ Neely
Oklahoma City
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