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Till_Lind · 06-03-2005, 01:51

Well parents bought my first car for me today. Anywho, one problem that really caught my eye was the door sag in some of the doors. What's a good way to fix this up? Just get my local mechanic to fix it?

hoon69 · 06-03-2005, 02:09

nah sag in the fords are common did ya check to make sure it has no slight cracks etc

try undoing the bolts realigning them maybe?
i know my old spak had to be realigned
and my current one has a slight crack in it so yeah
try tightening etc and see how you go.

Till_Lind · 06-03-2005, 02:11

Ah k, nah, no cracks. I'll have a play around with it on Monday then. Thanks.

chrisbee9494 · 06-03-2005, 06:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by hoon69

nah sag in the fords are common did ya check to make sure it has no slight cracks etc

try undoing the bolts realigning them maybe?
i know my old spak had to be realigned
and my current one has a slight crack in it so yeah
try tightening etc and see how you go.

Hi hoon69, just a g'day from downtown adelaide, by the way,what does the postscript refer to? Cheers Chris.

La ChroniK · 06-03-2005, 15:46

Yeah iv got some drivers side door sag on my 92 EBII fairmont. The car is being re-sprayed at the moment, however my uncle said when we put it back together, we are just going to raise the bolt-on part of the door ever so slightly. Apparently it only needs to be adjusted very very minimally, because a slight difference to where the door bolts on- makes a huge difference at the end of the door near the door handle.

bdennis · 06-05-2005, 22:55

You can also get new door hinge pins from Rare spares. They have a shim in them that wears out. By adjusting the hindge bolts you are just entending the time before it will seem like it has saged again. If you replace the hinge pins then you will fix it for another 10-15 years... beofre she sags again.,.

hoon69 · 06-06-2005, 19:50

yep what he said the pins also do go in them
as with most falcons a majority of the time it's either readjust the door or just replace the pin
cheers Bdennis

Till_Lind · 06-07-2005, 04:27

I really suck at searching forums, so I'll kinda of start a new thread within this thread.

The car when starting it cold is pretty sluggish, then if you turn it off and back on again soon after the sluggish start it starts very quickly and smoothly. I know it can't be the engine because of the low mileage and the fact that when the engine is running it runs very well (idle is amazing, no shakes or vibrations). So would what should I do? I know this might seem kinda picky, but compared to the good start up, it really is quite sluggish, like the starter motor is having trouble getting the engine going. Suggestions?