Thread: Need help straightening van floor

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LOL. I meant "Squashed" LOL you know, like an accordian? Sorry.

On your side door, it may be the damage that is causing it to open hard, or it may not be. Any of these sliding doors can give you trouble for a number of reasons, they are just a funky idea. GM, well, they can come up with all kinds of stupid things to do and you end up with more chances of problems. I am not familier with this particular van. I have done plenty of work on them but not enough recently to say much about that door. I do know that a little lubricant can do wonders! I just recently went out to "fix" the sliding door in my Windstar only to find that a simple squirt of WD-40 fixed it right up.

But from the looks of the buckle in the quarter, you are probably right. And without a pull on the back of the frame on a frame rack, that is something you will need to learn to live with. OR, you can simply adjust the door to match the new "customized" door opening.

Brian

I have somebody that I think will help me pulling the floor out. But I will still cut out and replace the wrinkled sheet metal. I'm going to ask if I can trade labor for labor.

I understand squashed, when I saw "swashed" I thought we had got on the subject of drapes or sword fighting.


Lon

Arrrrrrrrr ye matty.

Brian

I have discovered a couple of gremlins with the wrecked van, so I wont be repairing the crash damage. I'm going to go ahead with my V8 swap into the cargo van. This is due to time, I cant cut apart and repair crash damage and do a motor swap quick enough for this to be a viable option. I bought the wrecked van for parts anyway, but when I drove to my house I thought that it drove and ran to good to be a parts van.

I think I will keep the shell after I'm done stripping it. I really want to do the mid engine big block in a swingarm thing. And with no back doors cooling shouldnt be a problem.


Thanks for the advice and help.

Lon