1969 Road Runner Door Won't Close Tight

[joseph p.]

Well I lubed the rubber, vaseline,adjusted the Stryker outward,,,, same thing,no close,,so I will wait for tomorrow ,,to try with Vaseline curing,,,thanks guys.

 

[Nevada dan]

Try bringing it out a little more , keep trying till you run out of travel , if it wont catch the second latch its probably the latch

 

[joseph p.]

Try bringing it out a little more , keep trying till you run out of travel , if it wont catch the second latch its probably the latch

Ok,,,will do,,tomorrow,,thanks brother

 

[Richard Cranium]

Did you try spraying some white lube underneath the plastic slider on the top underside of the latch?

 

[slimt]

Get all the four door latches you can find. They should be interchangeable.
My 55 Dodge 2 door was doing the same thing. Rusty four doors give up good parts prior to crushing.

 

[joseph p.]

Did you try spraying some white lube underneath the plastic slider on the top underside of the latch?

No,,I will though

 

[joseph p.]

Hi guyssame story,,nothing ,,,the top part is not catching everything else is good alignment ,, gear wheel,,any suggestions,,,,the top part is not catching.

 

[joseph p.]

Nothing still guys,,alignment good ,,star wheel catching,,its the top part thats not catching..in the first pic,,69 salty,bye the way

 

[Richard Cranium]

A good place to start is to clean out all of the built up paint & crud off of everything. Whoever painted the car is a 100% hack.

 

[joseph p.]

Nothing still guys,,alignment good ,,star wheel catching,,its the top part thats not catching..in the first pic,,69 salty,bye the way

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From looking at these picks ,I. Notice that the plastic slider on the car side is worn,,could be the problem,,do they sell this part?

 

[joseph p.]

A good place to start is to clean out all of the built up paint & crud off of everything. Whoever painted the car is a 100% hack.

No built up paint,,anywhere ,,thats ware and tare,,any suggestions ??

 

[dadsbee]

No built up paint,,anywhere ,,thats ware and tare,,any suggestions ??

 

[joseph p.]

she's sensitive .

 

[slimt]

Nothing still guys,,alignment good ,,star wheel catching,,its the top part thats not catching..in the first pic,,69 salty,bye the way

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those parts are not suppose to be painted. Those should be cleaned off.

 

[joseph p.]

those parts are not suppose to be painted. Those should be cleaned off.

Ok,,,thanks,,brother .

 

[Nevada dan]

Let’s try just checking the latch itself
With the door open turn the star wheel of the latch, it should click twice and not let you spin it back until you release the handle , it could be on the first catch and not letting it close all the way
Try releasing and latching a few times by hand making sure it’s released all the way
I don’t know if you already tried this or not

 

[joseph p.]

Let’s try just checking the latch itself
With the door open turn the star wheel of the latch, it should click twice and not let you spin it back until you release the handle , it could be on the first catch and not letting it close all the way
Try releasing and latching a few times by hand making sure it’s released all the way
I don’t know if you already tried this or not

That was it,,,,fixed cleaned the star ,,took door panel off,,checked everything also,,,,thanks so much,,have a wonderful day ,weekend .

 

[Nevada dan]

Glad I could help
Nice car

 

[joseph p.]

Glad I could help
Nice car

Thanks

 

[Richard Cranium]

Glad I could help

Same here.