stripped lower door hinge

Hi gang,
Got a question. How do i fix a stripped lower drivers side door hinge
nut plate? Do i cut a hole in the insideand replace or??????? Thanks!!!
Shawn East

Damn!.............there's a small problem................

I haven;t ever seen one of those stripped out...........rusted out,
but never stripped.

I suppose you are familiar with the way they look. The lower ones are
a booger to get out. But I am sure it can be done with some sweat and
perseverance...............I've tossed a many nut plate in the trash
whilst cuttin' up bugs and know how they're mounted..........not
impossible.

I would bet that the first thing to do is pull the rest of the screws
out and remove the door.
Then get under the hood (if it helps with clearance, remove the hood)
and pull the (I can't believe I'm telling anyone to do this )
heater/defrost tube out of the cavern adjacent to the hinges, and get
ready for some contorting of your arm and a lot of patiance. I would
recommend that you push a coat hanger through the screw hole and work
the nut plate out of its mount. It might even be beneficial to run
three wires through , one through each hole, to help with the
re-alignment of the plate later.

Now Go and tend to all the wounds you have and rest up.

Afterward, installation will be done by reversing the steps, except
put the hanger/s through the replacement nut plate before dropping it
down to the location it bellongs, and work the nut plate into
position, once again using those contortion moves you have mastered in
the first half of the operation, provided you haven't cut yourself to
shreds.

The hardest part of the entire operation will be getting the
heater'defroster tube back in place without munging it up real bad.

Good luck to you.............How'd you strip that damn thing?

> Got a question. How do i fix a stripped lower drivers side door hinge
>nut plate? Do i cut a hole in the insideand replace or??????? Thanks!!!
>Shawn East
>
>
>



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On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 02:35:04 GMT, MUADIB®
> scribbled this interesting note:

>The hardest part of the entire operation will be getting the
>heater'defroster tube back in place without munging it up real bad.

I have to disagree with you here. The hardest part will be paying the
hospital bill after he develops lock-jaw from all those super sharp
screw shank nails they used to install the carpeting!:~)

Take care. If Scott says it can be done this way, believe him. But do
be careful. You will hurt yourself.


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John Willis
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Shawn,

Have a look here it may help to show you what your up against
http://www.vwdcqinc.org.au/vwdcqimag...s/apillar.html

Grahame
from Aus

"John Willis" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 02:35:04 GMT, MUADIB®
> > scribbled this interesting note:
>
>>The hardest part of the entire operation will be getting the
>>heater'defroster tube back in place without munging it up real bad.
>
> I have to disagree with you here. The hardest part will be paying the
> hospital bill after he develops lock-jaw from all those super sharp
> screw shank nails they used to install the carpeting!:~)
>
> Take care. If Scott says it can be done this way, believe him. But do
> be careful. You will hurt yourself.
>
>
> --
> John Willis
> (Remove the Primes before e-mailing me)

Try to run a tap through the hole to clean the threads up. A lot easier
than replacing it.

--
Mel

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"Shawn" > wrote in message
...
> Hi gang,
> Got a question. How do i fix a stripped lower drivers side door hinge
> nut plate? Do i cut a hole in the insideand replace or??????? Thanks!!!
> Shawn East
>
>
>
>

On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 00:57:18 GMT, "Shawn" > wrote:

>Hi gang,
> Got a question. How do i fix a stripped lower drivers side door hinge
>nut plate? Do i cut a hole in the insideand replace or??????? Thanks!!!
>Shawn East
>
>
>
http://www.angelfire.com/retro/ssterile/Mar17_42.JPG

http://www.angelfire.com/retro/ssterile/Mar17_45.JPG

these are some really good pictures of the area you'll be working on,
without the objects that will be in your way.............replace the
"42" and the "45" with numbers as far back as "29" and there are more
pictures for your perusal. most are not as good as those two.

Hope this helps also


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One giant leap for attorneys.

Well i have no idea how it got boogered up...took old door off without a
problem, screws came out pretty easy, and when i went to put new door
on...well it didnt go on too easy so i took it off andsaw it was boogered
up. That damn gremlin again. ill try to run a tap before i try to do it. I
talked to earl mann in ardmore ok and said it would run about 200-300$ to
replace...hope tap or long arms work!!!


"MUADIB®" > wrote in message
...
> Damn!.............there's a small problem................
>
> I haven;t ever seen one of those stripped out...........rusted out,
> but never stripped.
>
> I suppose you are familiar with the way they look. The lower ones are
> a booger to get out. But I am sure it can be done with some sweat and
> perseverance...............I've tossed a many nut plate in the trash
> whilst cuttin' up bugs and know how they're mounted..........not
> impossible.
>
> I would bet that the first thing to do is pull the rest of the screws
> out and remove the door.
> Then get under the hood (if it helps with clearance, remove the hood)
> and pull the (I can't believe I'm telling anyone to do this )
> heater/defrost tube out of the cavern adjacent to the hinges, and get
> ready for some contorting of your arm and a lot of patiance. I would
> recommend that you push a coat hanger through the screw hole and work
> the nut plate out of its mount. It might even be beneficial to run
> three wires through , one through each hole, to help with the
> re-alignment of the plate later.
>
> Now Go and tend to all the wounds you have and rest up.
>
> Afterward, installation will be done by reversing the steps, except
> put the hanger/s through the replacement nut plate before dropping it
> down to the location it bellongs, and work the nut plate into
> position, once again using those contortion moves you have mastered in
> the first half of the operation, provided you haven't cut yourself to
> shreds.
>
> The hardest part of the entire operation will be getting the
> heater'defroster tube back in place without munging it up real bad.
>
> Good luck to you.............How'd you strip that damn thing?
>
>> Got a question. How do i fix a stripped lower drivers side door hinge
>>nut plate? Do i cut a hole in the insideand replace or??????? Thanks!!!
>>Shawn East
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> Remove "YOURPANTIES" to reply
>
> MUADIB®
>
> http://www.angelfire.com/retro/sster...IN%20PAGE.html
>
> one small step for man,.....
> One giant leap for attorneys.