[W126 Coupe] Stubborn Door

[Dick Spellman]

Hi tad:

You don't say if the door is sagging.  Maybe check the pin switches in 
the front pillar to see if one is out of place.  Check the door sill 
itself to see if it's raised at any point and check the courtesy lamp 
recessed in the bottom of the door to see if it's dropped down.   Do you 
see any area of the door frame that looks carved up from the impact of 
closing the door?

Dick

Tad Heckaman wrote:

> 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

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> On 2/9/07, *Dick Spellman* <spell.yy at verizon.net 

> <mailto:spell.yy at verizon.net>> wrote:

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>     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.

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>     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.

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>     -\Dick

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