Door check device advice?

["Dick Benjamin" <DickB@xxxxxxxxx>]

You need to take the hinge off to do the fix anyway, so the easy way to do
this is to buy the whole rebuilt hinge, then you can paint it to match your
car, and make the switch all at once.  Save the old hinge or return it to
Lowell if he needs more cores.

If you've been whacked by a 4 door door, imagine what a coupe or convertible
door can do to you!

Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Klein" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 5:13 PM
Subject: IML: Door check device advice?


>
> Dick Benjamin wrote:
> >Make sure [...] the click-open check
> >device in the driver's door hinge is operating - they go away sometime
> >around 100,000 miles on most of them (although Lowell Howe sells a
> >replacement hinge or a kit to fix yours).
>
> Yep, that recently happened on my driver door (and at only
> 65K miles).  Thanks for the tip -- I'll soon be contacting
> Lowell!  But would you say it's better to replace the hinge
> or repair the existing one?  This is one of those things
> that I'd rather have done properly than cheaply, if I have
> to choose.
>
> >These cars have very heavy doors, it is not fun to
> >be whacked by one because the check device has failed (been there, done
> >that!).
>
> You and me both, pardner!  Want to compare leg scars? :-\
>
> Tim Klein
> '67 Crown 4DHT
> Rye, New York
>
>