[T3] Sagging Door & Thermostat Parts

[Jim Adney]

> So, my question on repair is has anyone replaced the hinge pin/ hinge
> and how might I go about it? 

I've never done this, but I've seen the instructions somewhere. First 
off, this MUST be done off the car. If you try to drive the pins out 
with the door mounted in the car, you'll damage the body.

The door halves of the hinges are part of the door and are not 
separately replacable. When driving the pins out, you have to support 
the hinge parts separately, so there is never any stress on the door 
to hinge connection.

The part I can never remember is which way the pins get driven out. 
They are either driven away from each other or toward each other.

I THINK Dave has a drawing for a special VW tool to do this job. If 
so, the drawing has the details of how to use it.

> I'm missing the pivot (and it's bracket) that bolts to the top of the
> head, the horizontal linkage rod to the flaps, the spring that returns
> the flaps to open, and a good thermostat.  Any chance anyone has these
> parts that they would part with. 

I have all those parts other than the return spring. You can probably 
come up with a spring locally that will work, but I'm trying to get 
set up to make duplicates for these and some others that we 
occasionally need.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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