RE: [ihc] 800 door parts needed

["Ed Sohm" <idaemes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yep, my plates float. Can make it a little miserable to get the doors
back on alone.  The butterfly helps though, once I get them started
anyway.  

I have had terrible luck drilling stuff out.  I always get off center.
This is why both of my doors only have 5 bolts per side.  I'm pretty
lucky as far as rust is concerned.  I bought mine on the KS/OK line and
it supposedly came from california before that.  My floorboards need
replaced and I have a quarter sized hole by the driver's side gas tank,
but other than that rust is pretty much non existent. 

I'll get that number for you.  I actually have 2 boxes, but I tore the
label off of one and filed it away where I can't find it. Hopefully I
can find the right box.  I had to special order them from a bearing/bolt
place, but it isn't too hard to find a place to order Lawson bolts once
I had the number. Stainless would be even cooler (Grainger?)


Ed
    

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Wisser [mailto:wisser@domain.elided] 
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 1:47 PM
To: Ed Sohm
Cc: ihc-digest@domain.elided
Subject: RE: [ihc] 800 door parts needed


Thanks, Ed.  That's exactly what I was looking for.  I did get the
original 
ones out, finally.  I had to drill out two, even after soaking, banging 
with an impact, and heating.  Does the plate behind your jamb float?
Mine 
does.  Mine also has some nice rust at the crease of the A pillar and
the 
fender. Where the hinges attack is still solid, so I am just going to
coat 
the rust and hope for the best.  I imagine the body shop bill for such a

spot would be tremendous.

-bill

--On Monday, June 07, 2004 2:23 PM -0500 Ed Sohm <idaemes@domain.elided>
wrote:

> Bill
>
> I have a Lawson number at home.  I'll get it tonight for you.  They
are
> a little longer and don't have the star washers on them, but have
worked
> well for me. Oh, these take an allen wrench too.  I take my doors off
> every summer and re-install the screws with anti-seize.  They are
still
> stubborn sometimes even though they are removed and installed twice a
> year.  Cote them well and crack them loose often if you ever want to
> take the doors off again. I bought a whole box and they aren't cheap,
> maybe $.50 each.  I throw them and replace with new if the allen hole
> gets sloppy or they get hard to turn.  Start soaking the current ones
> NOW. From the back side too if you can get at it.  Use an impact
driver
> and a new sharp phillips bit to get them out.  I had to heat them some
> too.  Back and forth, more PB Blaster, back and forth.  You'll
> appreciate the allen heads by the time you get done.  I use a 3/8
> butterfly impact with an allen head attachment (3/16?) now.  Slick.
>
> 5/16 fine thread X 1" (should be 5/8) if I remember correctly. Flat
> head?, is that the right term?
>
> Ed Sohm
> Battle Creek, IA
>
> '71 800 B
> '74 200 4X4 Travelette Camper Special
> + a bunch more
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ihc@domain.elided [mailto:owner-ihc@domain.elided] On Behalf Of
> Bill Wisser
> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 12:52 PM
> To: Tom Mandera
> Cc: ihc-digest@domain.elided
> Subject: Re: [ihc] 800 door parts needed
>
>
> That's what I am doing now, but to pass inspection I need to install
the
>
> mirror on the fender (or the A-pillar if I can find west-coast
mirrors).
> I
> was hoping to avoid that.  Plus, a door is a definite upgrade.  If I
> bought
> the scout new, I'd definitely splurge for the door.  Driving without a
> door
> is like eating dinner outside; I am just not that comfortable doing
> either.
>
>
> Hinges I got, screws I don't.  I'll see if SSS sells the screws as
well
> as
> hinges.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Bill
>
>
> --On Monday, June 07, 2004 12:39 PM -0600 Tom Mandera <tsm1@domain.elided>
> wrote:
>
>> Bill Wisser wrote:
>>> Friends, my 1970 800a is close to being ready for state inspection.
> One
>>> thing that I need to fix is the driver's door.  It never closed
well,
>>> and now does not at all.  Sometime in the past the upper hinge broke
> and
>>
>> The simplest and most expedient solution to pass inspection would be
> to
>> simply REMOVE the doors.
>>
>> Doors were an extra-cost option when your Scout was purchased new.
> Maybe
>> yours didn't come with 'em? :D
>>
>> No different than a Jeep without doors.
>>
>> You can buy new hinges for $100/pr from SSS and other vendors.