[DML] Door STRUT problems

[Delorean17@xxxx]

Hello,
today I received new door struts for my car. I think they must have sat 
and lost all of their gas because the original struts that have been on the 
car since 1981 held the door open half way. The new pair I got would not 
keep the door at all. The door would even latch when you let it go. I 
didnt buy them from a shop like I wish I would have. Are PJ's struts the 
best?

since my louver was off I decided to tighten the torsion bar just a 
little bit but the door still would not stay in the raised position. The 
torsion bar is still out of the car until I get the proper struts. The door 
will not close properly now that there is no torsion bar in it. the front of 
the door latches way before the rear one so the door wont latch properly. Is 
that normal? I ended up putting the old strut on that would at least hold it 
up somewhat. when retorqueing the torsion bar my wrench broke in half. I 
guess you have to use 1/2 inch when doing that. what type of wrench would 
you reccomend? If anyone on the list lives in Michigan that has done this 
before please contact me.


Thanks,
david
#2496