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> I have a creaky front door that I cannot fix. I did > remove the little plastic cap from the top of the hinge > and filled with 30 wt oil, but it doesn't help. Its > definitely coming from the upper hinge. > Add a bit of penetrating fluid to the reservoir and be patient - mine cleared eventually with a gob of rusty fluid. Otherwise heat the hinge up with a torch, spray with penetrating oil as it cools, and then strip the burnt paint and respray the area affected! You might get somewhere by removing that hinge from the pillar and working the thing through a greater angle than normal, but the leverage the door exerts is much more than you could do with a self-grip wrench. Alternatives - 1) use other door; 2) replace door. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org