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* REPORT: Nissan ready to say "Mission Accomplished" on recovery work - 1
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* I fixed my door! - 3 messages, 2 authors
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TOPIC: REPORT: Nissan ready to say "Mission Accomplished" on recovery work
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.autos.nissan/t/7d3cab2119e6a5b8?hl=en
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Date: Sun, Oct 25 2009 11:12 pm
From: sjmmail2000-247@yahoo.co.uk
Some companies respond to "losing money at a frightening pace" by studying the problem at length as they continue to lose more money, by asking for more money or, in the worst cases, not doing anything at all. Nissan didn't do any of those things: after posting a loss of $2.4 billion in the fiscal year that ended in March of 2009, Carlos Ghosn put Nissan EVP Colin Dodge in charge of a financial recovery task force. Just months later, the task force is about to disband itself. Said Dodge, "We're ...
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TOPIC: I fixed my door!
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.autos.nissan/t/ae31213d72eeef25?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Mon, Oct 26 2009 12:43 am
From: Louis
Plague Boy wrote:
> I posted before about my '92 Sentra having a saggy driver's door. the
> lower hinge is worn out so the door "clunks" when opened or closed.
>
> I've debated fixing it, but I put a lot of time into fixing other
> stuff on the car when I got it, and had lots of problems with bolts
> snapping off, even though I am very careful in working on it- 176K and
> 17 years in the Rust Belt tend to make fasteners rather fragile.
>
> So, I let it be. In the past month, however, it has developed a new
> trick- the door doesn't shut all the way, if you don't notice it, it
> leaves the warning light on the dash on and runs the battery down. The
> first time, I was parked on a hill and bump started the car. I then put
> a spare battery and jumper cables in the trunk. After I figured out what
> must have happened, I then turned the dome light switch back on and made
> a two part check getting out of the car- 1. door is fully shut. 2.
> visual check that the dome light is not on.
>
> Still, this seems rather tedious, and having a dead battery always
> happens at the worst time. I had been debating ordering a new hinge from
> Courtesy Nissan, along with a few other parts, but had put it off.
>
> I then realized that my registration was due the end of this month-
> about $60.00, non-refundable. My inspection was also up next month.
>
> So, I got the car inspected, which it passed with no surprises. So,
> door or no door, I can drive the car for another year, so the
> registration is worthwhile. I then went out to spray the hinge bolts and
> fender bolts with Liquid Wrench to let them start loosening up for a
> week or so until the parts were ordered and delivered. I then thought to
> try loosening the bolts holding the hinge to the door, because they are
> accessible (the hinge to body bolts require the fender to be removed).
> They loosened without much more than loosen-spray-tighten-spray-loosen
> more-remove. Surprise!
>
> It then occurred to me that placing some washers under the hinge
> would take up the "slop" and perhaps fix the problem. Half-assed, yes,
> but worth a try on a car on its last legs.
>
> Half an hour with a hydraulic jack, assorted washers, wrenches,
> screwdrivers and other implements of destruction later, the door was
> fixed. It opens and shuts like a dream. I wish I had fixed it two years
> ago when I got it.
>
> I'm still in shock. Anyhow, I hope this story helps somebody with
> the same problem.
I traded the upper passenger hinge of my 92 SE-R with the lower
(sagging) drivers side hinge. Works like a charm
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Mon, Oct 26 2009 7:32 pm
From: Plague Boy
Louis wrote:
> Plague Boy wrote:
<snip>
>> I'm still in shock. Anyhow, I hope this story helps somebody with
>> the same problem.
>
> I traded the upper passenger hinge of my 92 SE-R with the lower
> (sagging) drivers side hinge. Works like a charm
I considered this. Although not a true "fix" in some regards (you
just wind up with a different saggy door) I could have lived
with it because I don't use the passenger door that ofter. The
main drawback was the labor involved vs. the cost of the hinge
($40.00).
Could you describe how you switched hinges? Did you have to
remove the fenders? The doors?
Thanks!
--
PB
"I suspect you're an arrogant little pissant who grew up in the
Red Bull generation." - CJW
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Mon, Oct 26 2009 8:11 pm
From: Louis
Plague Boy wrote:
> Louis wrote:
>> Plague Boy wrote:
> <snip>
>
>>> I'm still in shock. Anyhow, I hope this story helps somebody with
>>> the same problem.
>>
>> I traded the upper passenger hinge of my 92 SE-R with the lower
>> (sagging) drivers side hinge. Works like a charm
>
> I considered this. Although not a true "fix" in some regards (you just
> wind up with a different saggy door) I could have lived with it because
> I don't use the passenger door that ofter. The main drawback was the
> labor involved vs. the cost of the hinge ($40.00).
>
> Could you describe how you switched hinges? Did you have to remove
> the fenders? The doors?
>
> Thanks!
I had ordered the hinge from a Nissan dealership, but they sent the
wrong one...So I decided to just switch them instead of waiting another
3 weeks for them to get the right part. I removed the fender (not all
the way, about 7 screws) it took about 1 hour. The passenger door does
not sag since the sagging hinge is on top now, instead of the bottom on
the drivers side door.
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