HELP ,,,door hanging problems ! !

:o HELP!!! the plate behind the bottom
hinge of the drivers door of my 58 beetle has fallen
off whilst changing doors....what shall I do ?????:cry

who needs doors anyway?

magnet on a stick to bring it back up maybe?

I got one with my tool set.
How is ur 58 doing mate? Still gorgeous?

Turn the car upside down and shake it?

Or perhaps some wire bent into a little hook?

You can buy a long thin flexible tool with a strong magnet on the end with a bright L.E.D in the end....

But I'm guessing You will need that plate to be in position so You can screw the replacement door back on.....

I'm not 100% sure its accessible from behind....

Lee

definately a 2 person job. You need one to hold the door in position the other to get plate in position with a piece of wire etc, once first screw is in a few turns then comes some PATIENT jigglling and wrigglling about while still using the wire etc. When second screw is in it's plain sailing from there.

Don't set yourself a time frame and if it starts giving you the shits, take a break, do something else for a while (have a beer with your helper) and go back to it fresh. It really is one of those things that can go well straight off or take many, many attempts. Don't let it get the better of you.

Matt.

😀 thanks for the advise gents ,bob i need a helper ! ! !🤪