Door hinge spring = biatch

[Rev]

After almost 40 years, it's not surprising that the door hinge spring finally broke. What did surprise me was the difficulty I had installing a new one. At first I tried compressing the new spring with pliars enough to get it in without disassembling anything. After several attempts, the new spring went flying across the driveway never to be found again.

Off to John's Mustang to get a new one. Finally, I unbolted the hinge and used a piece of 2X4 to support the door away from the body. Repositioning the unbolted hinge allowed me to force the spring into position on the hinge with a screw driver and then force the hinge under spring compression back into the position needed to bolt it back up.

What I expected to be a 15 minute job ended up taking half a day counting the extra trip to the Mustang parts house. That's why I said it was a biatch.

Rev

[Orange97GTVert]

At least you have John's Mustangs right there in Houston, I have to drive to Waco to Texas Mustang Parts or Dallas to Dallas Mustang. I usually order online and wait 3 days to get my stuff.

That is not a fun job at all

[Rev]

Yes, I know about the waiting game. I often order from Summit, Jegs, and Mustang Plus. It's frustrating having to wait to get the job done. Fortunatly for me there is a speed shop parts distributor here in Houston as well called Texas Performance Distributors that is basicly a wholesale outfit, but will sell across the counter. I can usually get parts the same day if I'm willing to drive some and pay state sales tax (about equal to shipping costs usually). I know I shouldn't complain about making runs for parts. As you said, at least I have the option.

Rev

[orlowted]

I just replaced both of my doors with new shells and had the same problem because I didn't put the spring in first so I basically had to do what you did. If I had done it before the doors were adjusted it would have been much easier. Shot the darn thing around the garage a few times too. Never want to do that again!!