[W126 Coupe] Stubborn Door

[Dick Spellman]

Jason:

Are you saying the check strap is binding?  I've had them stop holding 
the door open but, never bind on closing.  That would be a curiosity.  
Has anyone else had a check strap bind???  That could well be a nasty 
event that would definitely mess up the hinges in no time...

Dick

mavris2 at comcast.net wrote:

> Tad,

>

> Sound like the door check is bad.  Here what it looks like.

>

> Jason

>

>

> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick Spellman" <spell.yy at verizon.net>

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> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 5:58 PM

> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Stubborn Door

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>

> 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:

>>

>>     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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