[W126 Coupe] Stubborn Door

[Vedat Iplikci]

Tad, 

It almost certainly is the hinges, but before buying new ones, try plenty of WD40 on them and let it penetrate by swinging the door from side to side several times.

Vedat Iplikci
1987 560 SEC Euro
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tad Heckaman 
  To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists 
  Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 9:12 PM
  Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Stubborn Door


  My passenger door has started to fail at latching fully. No matter if I close it gently or slamming it, it never clicks. It catches on the first 'click' so the door stays shut but it never seals. I noticed that if I push the door against the car, its almost like its being kept from fully closing. It typically stops about 1/4 inch away from the rest of the car (glass is about 1/4 away from the rubber). Rolling down the window does not help. I will see if I can adjust the strike to line it up better, but it really seems like something is blocking the door from closing fully. I checked around the edge to make sure there wasn't anything blocking the door, but didn't see anything. Any thoughts? Could the strike just go completely out of whack? 

  Thanks,
  Tad











  On 2/9/07, Dick Spellman <spell.yy at verizon.net> wrote: 
    Cole Finnbogason wrote:
    > Recently the driver-side door of my 1988 560 SEC has required a little 
    > more fore to close it properly. Without practically slamming the door
    > doesn't close properly.
    > Any information as to why this is occurring or how to fix it would be
    > great,
    > Cole
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    You might try lowering the window a bit then close. If it's easier then
    it's possible your upper seal has hardened perhaps more so than usual if
    you are in a colder climate just now. You should check the door 
    alignment with the rear pillar as well. If the door is sagging the
    pillar strike can be raised to compensate and by the same process you
    can move the strike on the pillar outward a bit to improve the catch and
    reduce the slamming when attempting to close.

    To better understand what is out of alignment height wise I use a piece
    of paper with grease spread on the back. Set the paper on the strike.
    Place a dab of grease on the door pin and gently close until the pin 
    makes contact with the paper. From this you can deduce the alignment on
    the strike and make your adjustments so the pin is dead center as
    opposed to off-center on the circle the paper has formed/marked and the
    center point of the pin in the circle. A bit of grease in the right
    place may help too.

    -\Dick


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