Re: Sticky Doors

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

To open a stuck door sometimes if you pull hard on the handle while 
someone else pulls hard on the door to open it you might get lucky. If 
you aren't lucky then you have to remove the trim on the inside and 
move the link going to the front latch while someone pulls the door 
open. One of the biggest reasons that doors don't work right is that 
the anchor pins are not adjusted properly. They should not hit the 
doors or the guides and should go right into the center of the latch. 
When they don't you force things. When you finally do get the door 
open first adjust the latch pins and then go over all of the linkage 
adjustments as outlined in the Workshop Manual. By forcing things you 
bend or stretch the rods in the door out of adjustment. These are not 
easy things to do so it is best if you can find someone who has done 
this before to help. To fix the driver's door all it might take is 
again adjusting the anchor (latch) pins. The door latches actually 
have 2 locking positions. It is very important that both latches 
(front and rear) on each door both lock in the second latch position. 
If 1 latch is in the first position and the other is in the second 
position you can't lock the doors and they get jammed. If you force 
the lock then you knock the locking mechanism out of adjustment. If 
you have trouble locking and unlocking the doors it is because you 
are not getting both front and rear latches into the same position. If 
they are both in the first position you generally know because the 
door will shake because it isn't closed all the way against the seals. 
If only 1 latch is in the second position it is harder to tell as the 
door will seem to closed all the way except the door won't lock if it 
is adjusted correctly.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Heather" <yachtgirl@xxxx> wrote:
> I'm having problems with the doors on my Delorean. The front end of 
> the door on the passenger side seems to be stuck and will not open. 

> Right now the passenger door will not open at all and I don't know 
> how to open it. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> 
> Heather