[Tigers] Door project; what I learned

[Joe Brown]

I had to use a variety of thick and thin to get the spacing right on mine.

On Fri, Jun 19, 2020, 2:03 PM Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com> wrote:

> Jim
>
>                 I think the number per shaft is variable.  You have to
> take up the space so the spring is not showing.
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> I have 2 donuts + steel washers on the door latch handle and 1 donut on my
> window crank.
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> In my case it could be that I have a mixture of door parts creating this.
>
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> Ron Fraser
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> *From:* James Armstrong <rollright at aol.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, June 19, 2020 1:54 PM
> *To:* rfraser at bluefrog.com; jbbrown1980 at gmail.com
> *Cc:* sunsp22 at comcast.net; tigers at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Tigers] Door project; what I learned
>
>
>
> Hello Dr. Fraser,
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>
> I'd call it a FELTED material. Many things were made of this stuff  back
> in the day.
>
> But regardless, those are the little devils; 2 per door, one on each shaft.
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> Jim Armstrong
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> Mk 1A  2083
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> In a message dated 6/19/2020 1:43:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> rfraser at bluefrog.com writes:
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> This is a follow up on this subject.
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> Donuts look like compressed paper to me
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> OD = 1.54”
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> ID = .486”
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> Thickness = .39”                2nd spacer = .335”
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>
> Ron Fraser
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> *From:* Tigers <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *Joe Brown
> *Sent:* Saturday, May 30, 2020 11:35 AM
> *To:* James Armstrong <rollright at aol.com>
> *Cc:* sunsp22 at comcast.net; Tigers Den <tigers at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Tigers] Door project; what I learned
>
>
>
> Thanks to everyone for all of this information.  I put my doors back
> together about a week ago and realized from this discussion that I left out
> the donuts. I found my old ones but I don't have enough for all of the
> handles and the ones I do have are rough.  I don't see them in the SS
> catalog so I may attempt to make some from some masonite or something.
>
>
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> Can somebody verify what the total thickness of one of the full donuts
> is?  One of mine that still looks good measures .33", but it might have
> swollen up over the years.
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> Thanks,
>
> Joe Brown
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 5:50 PM James Armstrong via Tigers <
> tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> Gentlemen,
>
> First off, you are terrific and we are better together. Always.
>
>
>
> What I learned:
>
> - both the window crank shaft and the door opening shaft each use two (2)
> felt donuts or four half donuts(4)           per  door to set up proper
> door panel position and rigidity
>
> - Rick has these in stock if you need them
>
> - the door handle and the window crank have very small rubber anti-rattle
> tubes in the actuator insertion cavity.
>   Dr. Ron Fraser gave the dimensions, tentatively as; *Dimensions - .35?
> x .384?        .293? thick*
> - the chrome collar should slide easily into the black plastic collar with
> or without spring. If not, make it so.
>
> - The original fixing pins were tapered so that they could be inserted
> with a positive stop. Almost no-one has             these today and new
> ones have been fabricated from nails. Extra assembly effort required but OK
>
> - remember to check for anti-rattle padding behind the door flat actuating
> plate that goes from the handle area       to the latch and travels right
> over the big window mechanism opening in the door
>
>     You'll see traces of old glue where it was. You can use any kind of
> dampener. Prevents a major rattle on             door closer/slam
>
>
> Thanks to all that contributed and lent a hand!
>
>
>
> Jim Armstrong
>
> Mk 1A
>
> 382002083 LRXFE
>
> Code 86
>
> TAC #....
>
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