General Door reassembly

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General Door reassembly

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Afternoon all.
Putting the doors back together seems like an impossible puzzle!!!
Does anyone know what order I need to do this in - starting with a completely bare door?? No windows, trims / rubbers, nothing.

I have all the bits, but cannot for the life of me figure this out. ☹️

Chris
 
Done this not so long ago and trust me everyone struggles, not with the technicality of the job, but getting the order right. If you read my rebuild thread Paolo restoration its on there. But to save you trawling through it all I have cut and pasted it here. If you get stuck give me a shout.
Doors all on and sorted now. Don't want to do that job again in a hurry. First one took a day and a half second one 2 hours. Here's how I did it but somebody else might have an easier way. I'll assume that like me you are starting with a completely bare door. I found it easier to work with the door hung on the car, I did try it with the door on a bench but found it awkward when it came to the window. Each to their own.
First I put the aluminium trim on both the outside and inside. This has a tendecy to bend so to straighten it out once it was in place I got an old pair of pliers and ground down the serrations at the end and then put some heat shrink over the ends. This meant I could then crimp the trim if any bends appeared without leaving any marks on the trim. I then put the door handle and catch mechanism in. The thing to remember when putting the catch in is to put the door lock in the hole before you lock it in place. Then I fitted the window in from the bottom and left it there. You then have to get 1/4 frame in but only partially. The 1/4 frame is a tight fit so I found putting some petroleum jelly on the inside of the aluminium trim helped. Now you have to multi task (I know us men aren't supposed to do that) by fitting the 1/4 frame fully but at the same time get the window into the seal on the 1/4 frame. I put the window seal into the door to aid this but didn't glue it at this stage. Once you've got the window so it can move up and down in the seals you can fit the winder mechanism. Get the window about quarter of the way up and slide the mechanism in. Before you fasten it in place get the mechanism into the window rail. Fasten it to the door by the 3 bolts and then test that it goes up. It won't go down straight as you haven't fitted the bottom rails yet. Fit the bottom rail on the catch side ensuring it lines up with the window seal. Fit the bottom rail on the 1/4 frame side ensuring the lug goes up the back of the aluminium track on the 1/4 frame. Fasten the 1/4 frame in place by the 2 screws. You can now test that the window slides up and down. If it does leave it down and you can remove the window seal as it needs glueing in place. I put the glue inside the door using a brush. Once applied refit the seal and then wind the window up fully to hold it in place and let the glue dry. Fit the door catch stop, door card and handles.



Damian
 
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Door panel and handles. you need to bend the panel so it can pop into the top and bottom runners.

I hope I got the handles in the right spot :)
 

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Looks amazing.



Not sure about that door handle angle. I think this needs to be debated ;)
I agree...it's an excellent job, achieved patiently whilst real life goes on around.
Personally I would have placed the handles about 30 degrees forward clockwise[emoji3].
PS I even like the colour despite thinking assertive colours (such as it used to be) usually suit the car best[emoji4].
 
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I agree...it's an excellent job, achieved patiently whilst real life goes on around.
Personally I would have placed the handles about 30 degrees forward clockwise[emoji3].
PS I even like the colour despite thinking assertive colours (such as it used to be) usually suit the car best[emoji4].

Thanks

I decided to put the assertive colour on the inside. It’s a nice contrast.
 
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