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Re: Door repair on my Singer

To: Eugene D Abbondelo <eabb@loc.gov>
Subject: Re: Door repair on my Singer
From: Bud Krueger <budkrueger@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 07:09:03 -0500
Gene,

Have a look at http://www.ttalk.info/Tech/Door_fix.html to see it 
applied to my TD.  It worked quite well.

Bud Krueger

Eugene D Abbondelo wrote:

>Someone on our Singer bulletin board mentioned that a typical fix for a door 
>on an MG TD that's warped was to use a rod and turnbuckle fastened diagonally 
>across the inside frame of the door and tightened to bring the door flush with 
>the bodywork.  Can someone tell me if this is correct on my car, and if so the 
>correct procedure?  Here's my problem:
>
>The doors on my 1949 Singer roadster would be very similiar in construction to 
>the MG T-series:  an ash frame covered in sheet metal (on the Singer its 
>aluminum)  Both my doors are warped outwardly at the bottom corner on the 
>latch side below the door handle.  It amounts to about 1/8 of an inch where 
>the door stands proud of the bodywork, so its quite noticable.  I'm afraid of 
>trying to press the door in at the bottom for fear of creasing the aluminum.
>
>Can I fit a rod and turnbucle diagonally from the bottom problem corner to the 
>opposite side top and tighten it and thus bring the bottom of the door flush 
>with the bodywork?
>
>Any help appreciated!
>
>Gene

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