slam that door..

[3r!c84]

hey why is it i have to slam my door to get it closed?when the window is down its EZ to close?

[texasfunk]

air pocket, when all windows are up and the cab is sealed, the air has no where to go when u shut the door, window is down, lets air get through, i have had this prob with alot of my older cars

[3r!c84]

yea i get that thats why most of the newer cars when the door is open the window comes down like 2 ins then when u close it .the window comes back up.

any way to fix it?

[texasfunk]

yea, also some newer cars have some passages that run fromthe inside to outside, and from what i know i have no idea if thers a way to fix it, maybe someone else on here will and help both of us out, haha

[danielwetpaint]

That happened on my back door but it was a toad in the doorjam. When I found him a week later he looked like the cover of a paperback book on toads.

[rigon4]

you could leave your floor vents open

[78 Chevyrado]

When shutting the door keep your hand on the handle until it clicks. On mine with the windows up I have to keep light pressure on it until it clicks or it wont shut. with windows up mine won't shut all the way if I swing it and let go of it before it clicks shut.

But when my windows are down it shuts super easy.

[3r!c84]

same with mine.how do you leave your floor vents open?

[red caddy]

Have you checked the equalizer ports in the doors? The louvers on the trailing edge of the door let air trapped in the cab escape thru the louvers in the inside door bottom. This port has a rubber "flapper valve" (one way air flow but keeps water out) on the inside of the door that will stick shut or just get hard with age and ozone.

Also, If you don't take the plastic block out of the doors,before you paint the doors, you can paint them shut or stiffen them to the point that the cab air cannot escape when you slam the door.

If you have AC, the outside air inlet ports in the footwell, usually vacuum opperated, can stick shut, (the normal position) and this will make the cab close to air tight. I've seen it so bad, that when you slam the door, your ears pop. When I restored my old '67 VW bug, the new seals were so tight that I had to crack open the wing vent to get the door to latch without slamming. RED

[LONGHAIR]

There should be a black plastic vent in the door jamb. It's a little rectangular grille with a rubber flapper behind it. If it is blocked, painted shut, or otherwise stuck, it will cause this problem.