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Mk 1 door hinge puzzle
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 6:14 pm
by rolesyboy
Can somebody emlighten me as to which hinge goes where on Mk 1 doors. I have just gone to hang my doors and have no idea which goes where. I think all 4 differ and they appear to have single numbers cast in to them. Any help welcomed. Cheers. Mark
Re: Mk 1 door hinge puzzle
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 7:37 pm
by 1071bob
This might help.
Re: Mk 1 door hinge puzzle
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 10:26 pm
by rolesyboy
Marvellous. I had a quick scan of the numbers but it is in a bodyshop away from home and I only had a short amount of time to hang the doors. Thanks Bob.
Re: Mk 1 door hinge puzzle
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 10:49 pm
by YMJ
Don't want to sound too patronising but if you take your time and look at the curvature of the hinges compared with the curvature of the doors, you can generally work it out in a few minutes which one goes on top and which side. Certainly if you get one wrong, you can see it straight away
Re: Mk 1 door hinge puzzle
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:45 am
by guru_1071
YMJ wrote:Don't want to sound too patronising but if you take your time and look at the curvature of the hinges compared with the curvature of the doors, you can generally work it out in a few minutes which one goes on top and which side. Certainly if you get one wrong, you can see it straight away
i had a set of hinges once that someone had repinned and got the bigs and the smalls mixed up.
now THAT caused some problems
Re: Mk 1 door hinge puzzle
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:13 am
by 814CWE
guru_1071 wrote:YMJ wrote:Don't want to sound too patronising but if you take your time and look at the curvature of the hinges compared with the curvature of the doors, you can generally work it out in a few minutes which one goes on top and which side. Certainly if you get one wrong, you can see it straight away
i had a set of hinges once that someone had repinned and got the bigs and the smalls mixed up. now THAT caused some problems
ive just rectified the same
trouble is the hinge is now sadly scrap..the odd angle has worn the metal away
Re: Mk 1 door hinge puzzle
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 7:10 pm
by captain
1071bob wrote:This might help.
hi thanks for this interesting subject,does this also appear on early brass hinges
Re: Mk 1 door hinge puzzle
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:04 pm
by olddad
On the brass ones, where the big numbers...1,5,7...there are markings:
6818=RHTop
6819=LHTop
6820=RHBottom
6821=LHBottom
Re: Mk 1 door hinge puzzle
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 6:28 am
by formulaphoto
If I've managed to "lose" most, if not all, of the special tapered washers that go on the backside of the hinges, is that going to be a big deal? Can I hang the doors with regular washers on the back of the studs?
Thanks,
Warwick
Re: Mk 1 door hinge puzzle
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:45 am
by graham in aus
You could, but most likely this would cause outward dimples / pulls on the doorskin next to the hinges, not good!
