Door's done
Thanks Alex glad to hear the blog's of interest.
I set off to the workshop on Monday with the door split down to basics, picked up a couple of bits of 1 1/4in plywood pieces from the local DIY store to use as flat base pieces to use on the press. Very pleased with the outcome as hopefully the pics will show. We loaded up the press to 2 tons on the ply wood with no deflection whatsoever.
Pic 1 - Shows the door after re-assembly of the two pressings and knocking over the tabs. The locking mechanism straightened up easily, as did the lower hinge. Rehanging the door took a little time as fit in the body aperture was better than before, so I couldn't rely on the old alignment marks. In the pic the damage to the partition pressing can be seen, which should be easy to straighten.
Pic 2 - Shows how the panel came back into shape nicely.
Pic 3 - Another view.
Pic 4 - Looking down the door top shows how well it's straightened out, the deflection was around the locking mechanism that bent the door panel skin out by about 1 1/2 inches. I'm really surprised and delighted how this has worked out, as I'd left the worst job (or so I thought) until last.
Pic 5 - Shows the drivers door. There is a similar deflection here but much smaller, about 1/2 inch. The door shuts a treat so I'm not going to do any more on it.
That leaves rewiring the front end, straightening/replacing a bolt on the roof hatch to align. Take out the dent mentioned above and then we're ready to paint.
Oh yes and there were the winter jobs I had planned before this unexpected winter project. Sort the fuel tanks leak and dirt within and fix a seal on the transfer box front end output shaft.
Jerry
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