I should have taken a pic of the before. It was painted over with a few coats of Turquoise. I found a pic of the door from before (below) and you can see part of the latch below the data plate. I originally took this pic for the location of the data plate since I am removing it and putting it on the new door. They sell the rivets online.
I used WD-40 and let the part soak for a while. The tough layers I used a little citrus foaming paint remover and a q-tip. As soon as the paint started to soften, I scraped it off with a screwdriver. I didn't want to use my media blaster because it would have taken the gold cadmium plating off.
You can see one hole for the data plate to the upper left of the latch. I will have to drill the other before I paint the door.
I ordered the screws for the latch from AMK and installed them.
I also installed the Striker latch with new screws from AMK.
Once I got the fenders on and the doors, I made sure the door latched correctly and rigged up the handle so I can open the door. Door works fine. Now I have to deal with the "Gap!"
Certainly don't envy the work your going to have to do to get that door gapped. :(
ReplyDeleteThanks Grant for the sad face. I hear ya!
DeleteI have been working on this gap since I figured out the door was hung correctly with the fender. I tried every adjustment I could figure out. Next blog will show the best steps that I could to fix the problem.
That's a good tip about not medial blasting the door latch. I had thought about glass beading mine but will clean them up as best I can. Fortunately, my F'back has never been repainted so their not in too bad of shape. I'll need to get those same screws from AMK since I "screwed" mine up taking them out, especially on the infamous strikers. BTW, who did you order those screws from?
ReplyDeleteDennis, I made the mistake of media blasting other parts that I wish I has just cleaned up instead. That gold cadmium is expensive to reproduce.
DeleteAMK Products is the place to find original hardware. http://www.amkproducts.com/
I bought a package of all kinds in one of their kits.
You might also find them at NPD or CJ Pony Parts.
That door latch cleaned up nice James. I wish I had not blasted mine as I lost the plating. That gap looks... challenging. I can't wait to see what you do with it.
ReplyDeleteThanks Alex. I like the way media blasting works, sometimes it's better to clean it by hand. The gap is going to need more than painters caulk! I've made some headway but still shaking my head going what happened and why did they do that? Another installment of being a victim of other peoples poor work skills.
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