How do you remove the doors?

[apguy]

My V8S is currently in my bodyshop and I want to remove both doors. Easier said than done - it would appear

I can see that it doesn't have traditional hinges. Rather it has a bar that runs from the scuttle panel through the door and appears to connect somewhere on the sill. Anyone know how I removed the doors? It would appear to involve removeing large chunks of fibreglass on the scuttle and sill!

(on-line search not working so I can't trawl the archives)

Ta for any advice.

[Kentish]

Undo two outer bolts and centre pivot bolt inside the door (both top & bottom) and the door should lift away.

The two outwer bolts hold the hinge plat inside the door and the centre bolt is the pivot and adjuster for height.

Spray with loads of WD40 a day in advance!

[GreenV8S]

You should only need to undo the upper and lower pivot bolt and disconnect the wiring, to remove the door. But if you only want to adjust the alignment, you can leave the pivot bolts in place and slacken off the two bolts that hold the sleeve to the door.

[apguy]

Thanks for the replies folks, Got the top pivot bolt undone. Problems with the lower one however - its just spinning and not coming out. What does the lower bolt screw in to? I assume it's a captive nut fibreglassed into the sill? If this is the case then it seems that on my one it has broken free. Any further ideas on extracting the lower bolt?

Ta for any advice.

[TOPTON]

When you say bottom bolt is just spinning,is it still tight but turning. If its tight then chances are its threads are worn away and its tight in the nylon bush. I used a hacksaw blade between door and cill to cut the bolt in half. It is possible to cut a hole on the inside of the cill, behind the carpet to refix the nut if it has come loose as it should be fibreglassed in

[apguy]

Just thought I'd update my progress on this one.

Resorted to the hacksaw method for the lower bolt in order to remove the door. With the door removed it was possible to determine that the retaining nut that is fibreglassed into the sill was spinning. No option but to cut it out.

Am amazed to find that TVR use a brass nut in the sill with a mild steel bolt in the door. The 2 were corrosively welded together. Hence the bolt was seized solid in the nut and the required force caused it to break away from its fibreglass.

The new nut is now safely fibreglass back into the sill.