Door replacement difficulty?

corsair · Post by **corsair** » Thu May 26, 2005 12:49 am

I have a donor lined up (a slightly dinged up facelift winestone wagon) and want to do it tomorrow.

If you guys want anything off this car tell me soon, most of the exterior is shot. Its a 5MT N/A wagon with grey cloth. If it helps I'll bring low priority stuff to the Feed and Speed, other than that I'd rather not have to ship unless you really need something badly and your life depends on it.

Speaking of which I should read about wheel baring replacement, bad day.

subject edit by jason for clarity

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Thu May 26, 2005 4:55 am

I need the latch for the pass side rear storage compartment. I can wait for the Feed & Speed.

Steve

corsair · Post by **corsair** » Thu May 26, 2005 7:10 pm

you got it Steve, I'm probably going to take care of the stuff today if not tomorrow since finals are murder

thanks for the edit Jason, studying for Calc, Chem, and German finals in one evening removed most of my grammar skills

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Thu May 26, 2005 10:44 pm

I'd recommend doing the door with someone helping. I haven't done a Subaru door, but I've done others and they are HEAVY. I find the best is a decent jack with a cloth-covered wood pad to protect the door bottom and to stabilize the door while someone sle holds it and you align the hardware.

Thanks for the latch deal - the guy who helped me with my bodywork snapped it on me. I can't complain since he saved me a lot of cash.

Actually, if it's not too much trouble, I'll take the fuel separator junk that attaches to the pass rear strut tower under the interior trim. If it's too much of a PITA, don't bother - I'm sure I can find one somewhere.

Steve

jake15 · Post by **jake15** » Fri May 27, 2005 4:22 am

yeah the door is definitley a 2 person job if you want to align it properly. theres 4 bolts and a pin that need to come out, but the door is like siliconed or something to the car so taking it off is easy, as you have to practically pry it off of the car.

corsair · Post by **corsair** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 2:40 am

bumping it up again as I never got to it

I have 2 people, the means and the doors, I'm getting murdered by the wiring.

How do I remove the door's wiring harness out the side of the door? Is there some easy way to disconnect it all?

FG!! · Post by **FG!!** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 3:39 am

There's connectors in the body of the car. Just pull the booty out and they're right there.

corsair · Post by **corsair** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:54 pm

thanks Alan, looked for them last night and found them easily

how hard is swapping door handles/lock cylinders?

QuickDrive · Post by **QuickDrive** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 7:01 pm

Door handles is a 20 minute job..
4 nuts from the inside and a tricky little clip on the rod. the only real hard part is the little C clip that holds the lock cylinder in...

As for the locks, no idea... someone else will have to field that one.

corsair · Post by **corsair** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 7:42 pm

as long as I can swap handles I'll be good, thanks quickdrive

FG!! · Post by **FG!!** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:38 am

yup, the handles will swap over.

corsair · Post by **corsair** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 11:58 pm

did everything but the handles, took like 30 minutes, not too shabby

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Door replacement difficulty?

Door replacement difficulty?