Week 7

So, while I'm waiting for the borrow of an engine crane and stand I thought I'd make a start on the doors. The plan is to remove the door locks and handles as well as the mirrors.
First job is to take the door card off which is pretty straightforward after taking out the screw behind the opening lever and behind the pull handle. Don't forget to disconnect the various electrical switches!
Having done that you'll see an inner card that supports the regulator and speaker. Take out the speaker. Lower the window to about half way down, or halfway up if you prefer! The glass is held onto the regulator with some plastic locaters. Push these through the holes in the glass with a screwdriver and pull the glass up. I taped it up out of the way. Its now possible to lift the regulator out of the way. The outer door handle is removed by slacking off the screw behind the grommet on the door shut. The seating is then released to taking out the screw at the forward end and pushing it into the door. Once three screws holding the latch in place are out then the whole assembly can be removed. It then a simple job to removed the wiring harness after releasing the connection at the hinge end. Don't forget to remove the body striker plates as well.

When you've finished you should have a pile of bits like this

And the doors should look like this

I put all the bits I don't need at the moment back in the door

As more and more stuff comes off the donor the more space I'm going to need! I'll be keeping to donor until the project is complete, I need space for the new hull and a little corner to store all the bits that come off the donor before reinstalling.