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On 7 Dec 2002 at 9:29, Scott Taylor wrote: > A light push on an open door and it closes effortlessly with > just a slight -click-, like new. When my 68 was brand new, the doors were HARD to close. The problem was NOT the hinges or the door check strap, it was just the door gaskets. They were quite tight and in retrospect this was exactly what they needed to be. It took a few years for the gaskets to conform to their confines and get easier to close; until then it took a concerted effort to get them fully latched. If one was distracted, they would go in to the first click only and they would latch, but still clearly be out a bit at the rear, maybe 1/4". This was annoying, especially when I had set the door to lock, because that meant unlocking it with the key and trying again. Eventually I learned to hit it with a "hip check" and knock it in the rest of the way. I had forgotten ALL about this until I read the comment above, but now I remember that I even asked the dealer if there was anything they could do. They adjusted the door latches a bit, but that really didn't help. I tried silicone spray on the rubber and that helped a bit, too, but only time made a real difference. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/