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Location: Kansas City Kansas
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IS there an easy way to install doors?
Trying to install my doors and I would make a sailor blush
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Warrensburg, MO
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Re: IS there an easy way to install doors?
call a buddy.
I have seen someone fab a door gig to do one person installs, not sure if it is in the FAQ section.. I'm not sure when I will be up in that area, or I would give you a hand...
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: creedmoor n.c.
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Re: IS there an easy way to install doors?
i had the same problem, not enough hands. i used my floor jack rolled the jack up next to cab & sit the door on it& eased it on up , worked great.
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What have I gotten into
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Liberty, TX
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Re: IS there an easy way to install doors?
I did as T&T did. A floor jack with a jackstand helps alot. Not as good as a buddy, but it did work. Then I made the mistake. I thought, I don't have a buddy near by, I'll just ask the wife. Well, unless you want a divorce, DO NOT ask the wife. Poor thing. I had to hold the door, and she was TRYING to start the bolts. Oh my. What a mess.
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Albany, NY
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Re: IS there an easy way to install doors?
someone makes a dolly specifically for putting doors on.
i don't feel like searching the web tho... *edit... why the hell not... http://automotive-door-dollys.brutmfg.com/ from what it looks like, this would be pretty easy to build. it might even be easier to add or convert a harbor freight engine stand into a door dolly.
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Location: Kansas City Kansas
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Re: IS there an easy way to install doors?
I had to take the fender back off to do it but I think the drivers side is done. Tell me what you all think.
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: daytonabeach
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Re: IS there an easy way to install doors?
engine hoists lift all sorts of stoff why not a door it's only a matter of balanceing while lifting
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Re: IS there an easy way to install doors?
I know this is gonna come back to haunt me but I have just got to say, that is the tightest crack I have ever seen, any tighter and I wont be able to get in the darn thing.
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: (Cloverdale) Surrey BC Canada
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Re: IS there an easy way to install doors?
I put the hinges on the cab then lifted the door and just held it up and finger threaded. Hard work but it didnt take too long.
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Franconia,N.H.
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Re: IS there an easy way to install doors?
without the fender on you can put the door on pretty easily by yourself. you just slide the hinges in first and then latch the door as if it were attached and you only have to hold up the hing area whill putting the bolts on.
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