Door guts question

[tylerk]

I'll take a picture later this afternoon, but I was wondering if anyone had any good threads on door guts repair?
I have one horizontal piece near mid-door that appears to be connected to the bottom inside of the door shell. I assume it's something
to do with the window mechanism but regardless the pieces have rotted away. I'm just wondering if it's fixable or if it's going to require new doors.

[tylerk]

I found a photo in one of Shakey's old posts. Can anyone tell me what this does?
The bottom portion was rusted away and  this basically fell out of place.
It seems like there's a vertical piece maybe spot welded against the inside of the frame, too? 

[green69rt]

PICs??

[tylerk]

Maybe this will work...

[green69rt]

This pic shows whats going on.  The part near my finger bolts or screws to the bottom of the wing window channel (end shown in pic).  The end where my finger is, goes over the post that you pictured.  There is a tube of cloth, nylon or something that goes over the post to prevent rattles.  If the car has been worked on in the past this piece may be missing because the screw connection is pretty weak and it may have fallen into the bottom of the door till it rattled enough  for someone to fish it out and throw it away.

[tylerk]

How difficult is it to reconnect the piece?
And, is it necessary?

[green69rt]

How difficult is it to reconnect the piece?
And, is it necessary?

You could, probably, use two self-threading screws, or even pop rivets,  to re-attach the parts (plus some thread lock) and then use just any type of tube fabric(maybe spark plug wire heat shield) as an anti-rattle sleeve to finish it off.  Is it necessary   , leave it off and find out, if something bad happens you'll have to take the window apart to redo it, maybe not worth the risk because the window works are not simple and easy to remove/replace.

[tylerk]

 
By chance do you know if this piece is included with the AMD doors?

[green69rt]

By chance do you know if this piece is included with the AMD doors?

Nope, neither the post nor the piece that goes over it are included.  There is just the threaded plate in the bottom of the door. Where you located?

[BLK 68 R/T]

You will want to retain that piece. Originally they are spot welded to the vent window frame but do come off sometimes. There is a piece of foam that wraps around the stud to keep it from rattling which is usually gone, you will need to make a new antirattle device. The stud sticks through the bottom of the door and has a nut on it. This is also used to adjust window tilt so onece you get it where you want it, lock the nut down.

[thorock]

my amd doors came with the stud but not the riveted on part of the window frame

[tylerk]

Here's what I'm working with...better days.

[miller time]

I'm unsure if this will work for clearance reasons, if you can reattach the end of the vent window,  it really needs to be welded on, but if you get a long bolt the fits in the hole of the vent window bracket, and a nut and lock washer, and 2 large flat washer that will fit over the hole in the bottom of he door and it will work in the same exact fashion as the original as long the bolt head can clear the door frame, I'm missing an original bolt for my doors window, and I did the same idea except I still had the small bracket in the bottom of the door, its an easy fix for this problem, if it will work and you can redo it later if you want, just store the old parts safely, good luck!

[tylerk]

Here's where my problem is. On the inner part of the door is this frame where the stud is connected. It is completely rotted out of the driver's side, and the passenger door which has a bad skin has a decent one.
Has anyone fabbed this piece? Or can you offer any suggestions?

[miller time]

Sheet metal, vise, and a drill, make it as similar as you can, cut the rusted piece so the new will fit in and weld it up! It won't be seen so function over form would be OK to me