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MGC door adjustment #1
bjones5467 Bill Jones Litchfield, CT, USA Sign in to contact	Topic Creator (OP) Jul 22, 2014 05:50 PM Joined 9 years ago 9 Posts

Is there any way of adjusting/aligning the doors on an MGB/C roadster? A restorer—who has since vanished—rebuilt my car with new floor pans and sills but now the driver's side door sags about 1/4" and bangs on the sill when closed. Can the hinges /doors be adjusted or am I stuck with a bad job?

Bill in Connecticut.

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Re: MGC door adjustment #2
69mgc-81tr8 Andrew F Road Atlanta, Southeast, USA Sign in to contact 1969 MG MGC "The "C"	Jul 22, 2014 07:26 PM Joined 11 years ago 146 Posts

You can take off the door card, and you'll find , IIRC 3 holes in which the bolts that attach to the hinge live. Loosen all three, (don't take them all the way out), lift the door up, and tighten the bolts back up. That should do it if the hinges aren't bent.

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Re: MGC door adjustment #3
Vincesmgc Vince Warry West vancouver, BC, Canada Sign in to contact 1969 MG MGC	Jul 23, 2014 11:27 AM Joined 10 years ago 78 Posts

The doors on the b and c are very adjustable (don't forget the front fenders are too, which helps too!

First thing you need to get is a impact screw driver... The "speedbit" (that name isn't right, but it's as close as I can remember) are notorious for stripping and siezing... An impact screw driver helps a lot.

I personally recommend throwing them into the ocean, and replacing them with case harder (black) Allen head screws. Then it comes to final adjustment, the Allen head is MUCH easier to use.

The hing to body screw are best for moving the door in a lateral rotation, where as the hing to door screws are best for a fore/aft angle adjustment.

Hope that helps.

Vince

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Re: MGC door adjustment #4
kirks-auto Robert Kirk (RIP) Davenport, IA, USA Sign in to contact	Jul 24, 2014 08:57 AM Top Contributor Joined 15 years ago 21,573 Posts

In reply to # 2749714 by Vincesmgc The "speedbit" (that name isn't right, but it's as close as I can remember) are notorious for stripping and siezing...

I believe you mean pozidrive...8 section vs 4 on phillips. The correct tool should work along with 50% acetone and ATF to loosen same.

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Re: MGC door adjustment #5
Vincesmgc Vince Warry West vancouver, BC, Canada Sign in to contact 1969 MG MGC	Jul 24, 2014 09:55 AM Joined 10 years ago 78 Posts

Yeah... I found the poszidrive poszitively useless, so I went with these....

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